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Promote the responsible use and education of prescribed fire as a natural resource management tool.

10/26/2026

We conducted our first burn of the season on Saturday Oct 17th at Mike Kassen farm.

The burn plan had both fields and woods areas. As it turned out the test fire on the woods indicated that it would not burn. The fields did burn well.

Pictured here is Daniel giving pre-burn instruction as well as a video of a wind twister formed by the air current caused by the heat lift of the fire.

We had a safe burn and were glad to see the first one of the 2026 fall season completed.

As an added bonus, the lunch spread was outstanding and has set a high bar for future PBA burns.

10/26/2026

At our October 16th fall meeting, Tim Bair was presented with a plaque for his service on our board. Tricia Dunbar, Scott Bowser, and Lance Dunbar were reelected to the board for another two years. John Dalmas was elected to fill Tim’s place on the board.

10/26/2026

PaPPo’s pizzeria has supported our PBA by providing pizzas for our fall meeting. Pictured here being presented with our logo plaque is JT, manager of the Camdenton location, as a way to say thank you for their support.

10/26/2026

I am happy to report that we have another new member, Jim Holander. Jim has property in Sunrise Beach. Jim is in the process of restoring a glade area on his property. Please welcome Jim and his wife Becky to our PBA.

10/19/2026

I am happy to report that two new members have joined our Association.

Andrew and Emily House of Tunas in Dallas County. This couple manages over 800 acres of woods.

They are also the children of Member Mark House. Great to have younger members join our ranks.

Please welcome Andrew and Emily House to our tribe!

10/13/2026

Hello valued members. I know we are all busy with other life events. I hope you can find the time to have fellowship with your PBA members at our semi-annual meeting.

We have several items to present and discuss that are important to our continued success as an Association.

Our meeting is this Friday October the 16th from 6:30 pm to 9:00 PM at the Laclede Electric building, 370 Old South 5, Camdenton, MO 65020.

Dinner will be provided.

If your schedule permits, please make plans to attend this meeting.

Thank you

Lance Dunbar

President NBPBA

10/08/2026

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐬

𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢-𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠!

Based on your voting, our fall meeting date has been set to Friday, October 16th at 6:30 pm.

Our meeting will be held at the Laclede Electric building, 370 Old South 5, Camdenton, MO 65020. We will be providing PaPPo’s pizza, their famous cookies, and soft drinks. To get a head count, please leave a comment on this post.

09/21/2026

On Labor Day Saturday, our area had not seen any rain in over six weeks. In addition, the weather has been extremely dry and hot persisting during the past couple of weeks. This combination can have adverse effects on farming operation safety.

On this particular day, a farmer was cutting a hay field, and during this process hit a piece of flint rock that created a spark that set the field on fire. Because of the dryness and high temperatures, the fire spread quickly and was extremely hot!

The farmer realized the fire was spreading quickly. Dispatch 911 was called and Northwest Fire was dispatched to the scene. The land owner used a backpack blower to abate the fire’s left flank from reaching the woods edge. Northwest came quickly and the fire was extinguish only consuming two to three acers.

One interested point was that a standing dead white oak caught fire at the top of the tree and not at the bottom trunk from the rising heat caused by the fire’s heat and high temperatures, requiring it to be cut down and moved into the black.

This is a stark reminder why we only execute controlled burns during the fall, winter and early spring where the weather conditions are favorable for safe burning and dictated by the prescribed burn plan.

It also demonstrates that if we are doing prep work on burn breaks during the late summer, we must be cognizant of the dangers of dry hot conditions.

09/21/2026

I wanted to share this photo as a reminder of chainsaw safety.
Fellow NBPBA member John Dalmas and I were doing prep work that required the removal of a large dead red oak tree along the established fire break line. We used a Come Along winch to aid the fall direction of the tree.

All was carefully planned. While circling the tree a misstep allowed the moving chain to come in contact with the left leg. This event could have been a severe injury. Although scary as it was, John was wearing the proper protection equipment which rendered this mishap harmless.

The moral of this story is you always wear projective gear when operating a chainsaw.

You can see in the picture here that the protective chaps did its job, stopping an injury from occurring.

04/27/2026

We have two new members, Tina Blanton and Chris Ewing!
Tina, Blanton has a farm in Macks Creek, and Chris has a farm in Dallas County. Both have completed their MDC online course. Please give a shout out to our two newest members.

Address

PO Box 3252
Camdenton, MO
65020

Telephone

+15737231544

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