About Us
Our Mission
The mission of the
Mississippi Prescribed Fire Council is to partner all entities with a
vested interest in prescribed fire to increase occurrence of burning on
public and private lands to restore ecological function, enhance
wildlife and plant communities, and reduce hazardous forest or grassland
fuel loads. The Council will encourage the exchange of information among
practitioners and advance public understanding of the importance and
benefits of prescribed fire.
Our Vision
Coordinated partnership of federal, state and private stakeholders who
agency or individual interests require use of prescribed fire to achieve
specific natural resources management goals.
Our Objectives
The
Mississippi Prescribed Fire Council brings natural resource
professionals, land managers, and others involved with prescribed fire
into a focused group to:
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Promote public awareness about the value and benefits of
prescribed fire
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Protect the ability to use prescribed fire as a management tool
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Develop expertise in prescribed fire by sharing technical and
ecological information
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Promote safety, training, and research in the art and science of
prescribed fire
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Review prescribed fire practices, regulations, and policy and
suggest improvements
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Promote and facilitate an increase in the number of acres burned
annually by prescribed fire in Mississippi
Membership
Council members shall
be representatives of any agency, organization, corporation, institution
or individual(s) with an interest in prescribed fire and goals
consistent with the council's mission.
The list of members
may change over time as interested groups who support the mission of the
council request membership.
Mississippi Prescribed
Fire Council
Steering Committee
Members
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Russ Walsh, Chair
Private Lands Biologist
U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service |
Rick Hamrick, Vice Chair
Small Game Program Leader,
MDWFP |
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Kathy Shelton,
Secretary/Treasurer
State Wildlife Grants
Biologist
MS Museum of Natural
History |
Jan Barlow, Jr.
Private Landowner
Jackson County |
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Randy Wilson
Coastal Fire Coordinator
MS Forestry Commission |
Scott Saucier
Prescribed Fire Specialist
U. S. Fish & Wildlife
Services |
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Chauncey Tanner
Private Landowner
Hancock county |
James Martin
Research Associate
MS State University |
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Joelle Carney
MS Museum of National Science |
Joe Pettigrew, Forester
Pettigrew Forestry
Consultants
Hancock County |
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Mark Jamieson
Assistant Fire Management
Officers
U. S. Forest Service |
Tony Wilder
Fire Management Officer
U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service |
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Nicole May
Forest Fire Planner/Training
Officer
U. S. Forest Service |
Glenn Hughes, PhD
Extension Forestry Professor
MS State Extension Service |
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Bryan Kreiter
TNC Central Gulf Coast
Stewardship
Fire Team Manager |
Judd Brooke
Private Landowner
Hancock County |
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Nelwyn McInnis
Central Gulf Cooperative
Director, The Nature Conservancy |
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Honorary Steering Committee Members
(Non-voting)
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Harold Gordon
Louisville Timber Co.
Pres., Mississippi
Forestry Association
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Changyou (Edwin) Sun,
PhD
Assistant Professor
Forest Policy & Economics
MSU Dept. of Forestry |
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Maya Rao, P.E.; DEE
Chief Air Division
MS Dept. of Environmental
Quality |
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