Review
Well written with over 90 photos,
Conducting Prescribed Fires is a great text covering all aspects of prescribed fire. --Fire Ecology 2010 6:115In his book Weir takes this big-picture approach and thoughtfully addresses virtually every facet
of prescribed fire management,..
--from Rangelands 32:74 Dec 2010 Ray Guse, Prescribed Fire Specialist, The Nature Conservancy, Victoria, TX, USA
With
Conducting Prescribed Fires, John Weir makes a strong effort to fill a gap in our wildland fire management literature. --from Fire Ecology 6:115 Brian P. Oswald, Stephen F. Austin State Univeristy
". . . Experienced practitioners will benefit from reading this book as well as neophytes in the field."-Ron Masters,
director of research, Tall Timbers Research Station
(Ron Masters
director of research, Tall Timbers Research Station )
"Empowering land managers working to reinvigorate vanishing fire cultures in our increasingly complex environment is well fleshed out in this book by John Weir. . In his book Weir takes this big-picture approach and thoughtfully addresses virtually every facet of prescribed-fire management, and the safety of the public and those on the fire line is a common thread throughout. A manual such as this has been much needed, and the author should be applauded for this effort. . . Any reader will be engaged with and will benefit from the lessons shared by this highly experienced burner. . . as I neared the end of the book I realized that both a private landowner wanting to burn a small pasture for the first time or the professional burning thousands of acres per year would benefit greatly from reading this book, and I began thinking of all the people with whom I want to share it. I will always keep my copy at hand, and I consider it a valuable reference; however, given the notes I wrote in the margins of virtually every page, I do look forward to a second edition." — Ray Guse, Prescribed Fire Specialist, Rangelands
(Ray Guse, Prescribed Fire Specialist
Rangelands )
About the Author
JOHN R. WEIR is a research associate at Oklahoma State University, where he teaches courses on conducting prescribed fires and holds workshops on this subject for government and other agencies.
