MDWFP and MS Prescribed Fire Council to Host Fire Workshops

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JACKSON – The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP), Mississippi Prescribed Fire Council, and other partners including the Mississippi State University Extension Service and Mississippi Forestry Commission are hosting workshops to educate landowners about prescribed fire. These workshops will be held in Monroe, Newton, Copiah, and Amite counties on Saturday February 28, 2015, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Topics covered during the workshops include safe and effective use of prescribed fire, fire ecology and wildlife habitat, and legal issues related to prescribed burning in Mississippi. Weather permitting, participants will be given the chance to assist in a prescribed burn demonstration. These workshops are part of the “Fire on the Forty” initiative which seeks to increase the wise use of prescribed fire for managing wildlife habitat in Mississippi’s fields and upland forests.
Registration cost is $10 which includes materials and lunch. Pre-registration is required. To pre-register or for more information, please visit www.mdwfp.com/fireontheforty. For more information call Scott Edwards (662) 325-7490.
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