Comanche Pool Prairie Resource Foundation

05/17/2026

Less than one week left to register! www.bit.ly/kay_cedar_rodeo2026

Kay County Cedar Rodeo

Thursday May 28th, 10 am - 3 pm
9627-9559 E. Tower Road, Ponca City, Oklahoma

Lunch Provided!

Join us to see management practices for eastern redcedar!

TOPICS
-Herbicide Control
- Mechanical Controls
- Prescribed Fire
- Cost-share Programs

RSVP by Friday, May 22nd at bit.ly/kay_cedar_rodeo2026

Mechanical & Fire Demonstrations!
(you are welcome to bring folding camp chairs to use in the field)

Questions: 580-362-3194 or [email protected]

CEU Credit: 1 Hour CEU available

05/11/2026

Great Plains Fire Summit 2026
August 4th – 6th
Alva, Oklahoma

Join researchers and practitioners sharing current efforts, innovations, and new discoveries about fire and fire ecology in the Great Plains.

Register at www.bit.ly/FireSummit2026

05/09/2026

05/09/2026

Cedar Rodeo, round 2!
If you were unable to attend the Woods County Cedar Rodeo, this is for you!
Grant County will be hosting theirs in just under two weeks, with a CEU available! Get registered soon.
Questions: 580-395-2134

05/07/2026

See demonstrations of different management practices to control eastern redcedar!

05/07/2026

The Southwest Kansas Grazing Tour is scheduled for August 11-12, 2026. This 2-day tour will explore grazing practices and will begin and end in Greensburg, KS. A room block has been reserved under Aaron Sawyers- please note, attendees will be responsible for securing their own accommodations.
Registration is available at:
https://www.notill.org/events/southern-plains-grazing-tour.
Tour stops will include:
*Lohrding Three Bar Ranch in Coldwater, KS
*Kevin Wiltse, recipient of the 2025 Kansas Leopold Award, in Timken, KS
*Lazy KT Ranch - Katie Blunk, DVM & Michael Horntvedt - Freedom, Oklahoma, recipient of the 2021 Oklahoma Leopold Award.

03/24/2026

Please click the eventbrite link for quick rsvp for lunch count before Friday Mar 27.

See demonstrations of different eastern redcedar management practices!

03/21/2026

Prescribed Fire VS Wildfire
Wildfire weather is VERY DIFFERENT from ideal prescribed burn weather. High wind speeds cause wildfire spread.

Wildfires in Oklahoma Factsheet →https://extension.okstate.edu/fact-sheets/print-publications/nrem/wildfires-in-oklahoma-nrem-2888.pdf

Starbuck Wildfire - Mar 6, 2017
Beaver Mesonet Conditions
- 6% Relative Humidity (minimum)
- 67 mph Wind Speed (maximum, 3 second gust)
- 8% Fuel Moisture (1-hour fuels)

Anderson Creek Wildfire - Mar 23, 2016
Alva Mesonet Conditions
- 7% Relative Humidity (minimum)
- 58 mph Wind Speed (maximum, 3 second gust)
- 7% Fuel Moisture (1-hour fuels)

Rhea Wildfire - April 12, 2018
Seiling Mesonet Conditions
- 5% Relative Humidity (minimum)
- 43 mph Wind Speed (maximum, 3 second gust)
- 6% Fuel Moisture (1-hour fuels)

Madge Wildfire - April 12, 2018
Hollis Mesonet Conditions
- 7% Relative Humidity (minimum)
- 41 mph Wind Speed (maximum, 3 second gust)
- 5% Fuel Moisture (1-hour fuels)

Ferguson Wildfire - Sep 1, 2011
Medicine Part Mesonet Conditions
- 19% Relative Humidity (minimum)
- 30 mph Wind Speed (maximum, 3 second gust)
- 11% Fuel Moisture (1-hour fuels)

PRESCRIBED FIRE Weather Conditions
- 40%+ Relative Humidity
- 4-15 mph Wind Speed
- 8-20% 1-Hour Fuel Moisture

Weather data from the Oklahoma Mesonet

03/20/2026

Season 2 of the Blazin', Grazin' and Other Wild Things Podcast!

Brought to you by the Oklahoma Conservation Commission

Episode 202: Local Voices, Lasting Conversations
Guests: Trey Lam, Executive Director and Lisa Knauf Owen, Assistant Director from the Oklahoma Conservation Commission

Managing conservation challenges like flooding, woody plant encroachment, soil health, water quality and prescribed fire with locally-led decision making and landowner participation.

Listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts
https://www.blazingrazinwildthings.com