Expert Details
Prescribed Fires, Controlled Burns; Wildfire and Smoke Impacts on People, Vegetation, and Infrastructure
ID: 736135
Oklahoma, USA
Expert has worked on over 15 court and insurance cases, completed written and oral reports, depositions, and courtroom testimony.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1990 | Degree: M.S. | Subject: Range Science | Institution: Texas Tech University |
| Year: 1986 | Degree: B.S. | Subject: Plant Science | Institution: Cameron University |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2018 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Associate Extension Specialist | Department: |
Responsibilities:40% Extension, 35% Research, 25% Teaching |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2006 to 2018 | Employer: Oklahoma State University | Title: Research Associate | Department: |
Responsibilities:38% Extension, 35% Research, 25% Teaching |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1990 to 2006 | Employer: Oklahoma State University | Title: Research Station Superintendent | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1988 to 1990 | Employer: Texas Tech University | Title: Research Assistant | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Member, NREM Scholarship Committee Member, NREM Awards Committee Member, OSU Fire Council Member, Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils, Governing Board Chair, Alliance of Prescribed Burn Associations Member, Great Plains Fire Science Exchange, Governing Board Member, Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality Voluntary Smoke Management Plan committee President, Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association, Board of Directors Member, Southern Fire Exchange, Advisory Board Chairman and Member, Oklahoma Prescribed Fire Council, Board of Directors member Member, Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils, Communication Committee Member, OK USDA-Farm Service Agency, Mid-Contract Management Practices for CRP Committee Member, Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, State Smoke Management Plan Committee Member, USDA-Natural Resource Conservation Service, Oklahoma Technical Committee on Prescribed Fire Member, Quail Forever, State Technical Committee Member, USDA-Natural Resource Conservation Service Texas Technical Committee, Prescribed Burning and Prescribed Grazing, San Antonio, TX Member, USDA-Natural Resource Conservation Service Oklahoma Technical Subcommittee Conservation Reserve Program Member, Redcedar Task Force, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture Subcommittees: Ecosystems, Wildlife Habitat and Ecological Issues Economics of Redcedar Control in Forest and Range Management Wildland/Urban Interface Issues. Prescribed Burning Associations/Fire Councils Formation Alfalfa County Prescribed Burn Association, Cherokee, OK Land Run Prescribed Burn Association, Norman, OK North Florida Prescribed Burn Association, St. Johns, FL K-O Prescribed Burn Association, Ponca City, OK Harper County Prescribed Burn Association, Buffalo, OK Coal County Prescribed Burn Association, Coalgate, OK Sandhills Prescribed Burn Association, Carthage, NC Rogers County Prescribed Burn Association, Claremore, OK Arbuckle Range Restoration Association, Davis, OK Beaver River Prescribed Burn Association, Beaver, OK Woodward County Prescribed Burn Association, Mooreland, OK Pawnee County Prescribed Burn Association, Pawnee, OK Alliance of Prescribed Burn Associations, Edmond, OK Okmulgee County Prescribed Burn Association, Okmulgee, OK Twin Rivers Prescribed Burn Association, Okemah, OK Creek County Prescribed Burn Association, Drumright, OK Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association, Watonga, OK Gloss Mountains Range Management Association, Fairview, OK Missouri Prescribed Fire Council, Springfield, MO Coldwater Prescribed Burn Association, MS, Pontotoc Ridge Prescribed Burn Association, Ada, OK New Mexico Prescribed Fire Council, Albuquerque, NM Kim-Branson Prescribed Burn Association, Kim, CO Jewell County Prescribed Burn Association, Mankato, KS Oklahoma Prescribed Fire Council, Stillwater, OK Indian Territory Burn Association, Big Cabin, OK Canadian Rivers Prescribed Burn Association, Geary, OK Northern Pottawatomie County Prescribed Burn Association, Tecumseh, OK South Canadian Prescribed Burn Association, Putnam, OK, Cimarron Range Preservation Association, Freedom, OK, Salt Creek Burn Association, Konawa, OK North Central Range Improvement Association, Perry, OK, Cross Timbers Prescribed Burning Association, Chandler, OK, Pontotoc Ridge Prescribed Burning Association, Fittstown, OK, Big Pasture Prescribed Burning Association, Frederick, OK, Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burning Association, Sonora, TX, Developed guidelines and assisted with formation of Western Payne County Prescribed Burning Cooperative, Stillwater, OK |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Legislative/Policy/Reviewer Member, Working lands for wildlife USDA-NRCS Oklahoma strategy team Writer and Reviewer, USDA-NRCS National prescribed fire policy Member, USDA-NRCS Harmonizing Conservation Activity Plans (CAPs) for Technical Service Provider (TSP) Program Member, USDA-NRCS Oklahoma Cross Timbers management program policy planning National Fire Science Advisor, USDA-NRCS, Tasked with How can NRCS get more fire on the ground Reviewer USDA-NRCS National prescribed fire policy Reviewer and Consultant, USDA-NRCS Kansas growing season burn policy Writer and Reviewer, County commissioner burn ban legislation HB2646 and SB1020 Consultant and Reviewer, Development of stand alone national prescribed fire insurance for landowners, agencies, and contractors Writer and Reviewer, County commissioner burn ban legislation to HB1462 Reviewer, USDA-NRCS National prescribed fire policy Reviewer, USDA-NRCS Oklahoma, Prescribed fire state guidelines Planner and Speaker, Oklahoma Senate, Interim study on prescribed fire Consultant, American Famers and Ranchers Insurance Policy committee, Safety record and effectiveness of prescribed burn associations, OKC Speaker, Oklahoma House of Representatives, Eastern redcedar removal and use, interim study Reviewer, USDA-NRCS Oklahoma, Firebreaks for prescribed burning guidelines Reviewer, USDA-NRCS Montana, Prescribed burning and prescribed grazing policy changes in central Montana |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Extension Publication Award for Prescribed Burning: Spotfires and Escapes, Southern Regional Extension Forestry Extension Publication Award for The Value of Forming a Prescribed Burn Association, Southern Regional Extension Forestry Publication and Creativity Award for Pyric-Carnivory: Raptor Use of Prescribed Fires, Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society Outstanding Technical Publication Award for A Practical Guide to Food Plots in the Southern Great Plains, Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society Henry Wright Lifetime Achievement Award, Association for Fire Ecology Publication and Creativity Award for Conducting Prescribed Fires: A Comprehensive Manual, Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society Outstanding Oklahoma Citizen, Oklahoma Representative Richard Morrissette for work on Redcedar Initiative Trailboss Award, Oklahoma Section of Society for Range Management Excellence in Rangeland Management Award, Oklahoma Section of Society for Range Management |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Books: 1 Extension Publications: 36 Peer Reviewed Journal Articles: 43 Book Chapters: 1 Miscellaneous Publications: 1 Invited Speaker:69 Presentations/ Field Tours: 268 Video Production: 9 Web Sites: 4 Apps: 2 Social Media: 2 Prescribed Fire Promotional/ Educational Items: 13 |
Additional Experience
| Training / Seminars |
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| Courses Taught Prescribed Fire, NREM 4783/NREM 5783, Employer, Stillwater, OK, 2000-present Advanced Prescribed Fire, NREM 4793/NREM 5793, Employer, Stillwater, OK, 2000-present Wildland Fire Ecology and Management NREM 3713, Employer, Stillwater, OK 2017 Range Improvements, RLEM 4954, Equipment Use and Conducting Prescribed Fire Lab, Employer, 1991-2000 Introduction to Plant Science lab section. AGRIC 1214. Cameron University, Lawton, OK, 1985 Schools/Workshops Taught U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District Prescribed Fire Training Course, 1999-2001, 2003, 2010-12, 2014, 2016, 2018-2020 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District Advanced Prescribed Fire Training Course, 2011, 2015, 2018-2020 Prescribed Fire Planning Workshop, Stillwater, OK 2020 USDA-NRCS National Technical Training Course, Burning in the Growing Season, Stillwater, OK, 2014-2016, 2019 Noble Foundation Prescribed Burn Workshop, Ardmore, OK 2014, 2016-2019 Landowner Growing Season Prescribed Fire Workshop, Stillwater, OK 2018, 2019 Esk’etemc First Nations Prescribed Fire School, Alkali, British Columbia, Canada, 2019 Fight Fire with Fire Fire Department and PBA training, Woodward, OK 2019 Fight Fire with Fire Fire Department and PBA training, Concho, OK 2019 Oklahoma City Parks and Recreation Department Prescribed Fire Training, Stillwater, OK 2018 Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Prescribed Fire Workshop, San Angelo, TX 2018 USDA-NRCS Nebraska, Prescribed Burn Training Course, North Platte, NE 2018 USDA-NRCS New Mexico, Prescribed Burn Training Course, Duran, NM 2017 Noble Foundation Growing Season Prescribed Burn Workshop, Ardmore, OK 2014-2018 Landowner Growing Season Prescribed Fire Workshop, Ponca City, OK 2017 Landowner Growing Season Prescribed Fire Workshop, Salina, KS 2017 USDA-NRCS National Technical Training Course, Burning in Tallgrasses, Stillwater, OK, 1996-2006, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016 Northern Fire WoRx prescribed fire training, Introduction to using prescribed fire, Ft Nelson, British Columbia, Canada 2016 Landowner Prescribed Fire Workshop, Perry, OK 2016 Landowner Prescribed Fire Workshop, Freedom, OK 2015 Burning in the Growing Season Training, Stillwater, OK 2013 Landowner Prescribed Fire Workshop, Stillwater, OK 2013 Landowner Prescribed Fire Workshop, Woodward, OK 2013 USDA-NRCS National Technical Training Course, Burning in Oak-Pine Savannahs, Clayton, OK, 2006, 2011, 2012 Backfiring Operations, 10th Annual Bob Smith Wildfire Roundup, McAAP McAlester, OK 2010 USDA-NRCS National Technical Training Course, Burning in Southeastern Pine Forests, Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL, 2010 Southeastern Colorado Prescribed Fire Training, Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory and Colorado NRCS-CIG, Kim, CO, 2009 Nebraska Prescribed Fire Council Fire School, Central City, Calloway, Curtis and Chadron, NE 2006 Arbuckle Restoration Association Prescribed Fire Workshop, Ardmore, OK 2004 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service In-Service Technical Training Course, Stillwater, OK, 2004 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service and The Nature Conservancy Prescribed Fire Workshop, Pontotoc Ridge Preserve, Fittstown, OK, 2003 USDA-NRCS State Technical Training Course, Stillwater, OK, 2001 USDA-NRCS Prescribed Burn Workshop, Frederick, OK, 2001 Online Training Courses Introduction to Southeastern Prescribed Fire Training Course for landowner and agency use Basic Prescribed Fire Training Course for landowner and agency use Courses Attended Assessing Wildfire Hazards in the Home Ignition Zone, Firewise and National Wildland/Urban Interface Program, Little Rock, AR 2008 ICS-300 Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents, Mulhall, OK 2008 ICS-200 Incident Command System for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents, Stillwater, OK 2007 ICS-100 Introduction to the Incident Command System, Stillwater, OK 2007 SCBA Training, Orlando VFD, Orlando, OK 1999-2007 CPR Training, Orlando VFD, Orlando, OK 1999-2007 IS-00700 National Incident Management System, Cashion, OK 2005 Wildland Fire Training, Orlando VFD, Orlando, OK 1999, 2002 Florida Inter-Agency Prescribed Fire Training Course, Osprey, FL1999 Wildland Fire Training conducted by wildland fire officers Monterrey County, CA, in Stillwater, OK 1998 S-190 Introduction to Fire Behavior, Stillwater, OK 1994 S-130 Basic Firefighter Training, Stillwater, OK 1994 |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Prescribed Fire Experience Conducted 1,289 burns on 114,327 acres since 1988 Fire Boss on 1,238 burns Conducted prescribed fires in eight states, CO, FL, IA, KS, NE, NM, OK, TX Conducted prescribed fires in British Columbia, Canada Conducted prescribed fires in 30 counties of OK Conducted prescribed fires in 10 of the 14 vegetation types of Oklahoma Conducted prescribed fire in 11 of 13 USFS fuel models (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11) Conducted prescribed fires in 5 types of improved pasture fuels Experienced with hand, power torch, terra-torch, DAIDS, and heli-torch ignition Member, Orlando, Oklahoma Volunteer Fire Department, 1998-present |