Prescribed
                                            Range Burning
                                            in the Coastal Prairie
                                            and Eastern Rio Grande
                                            Plains of Texas
                     The Texas A&l
                     University System
            U Texas                  Daniel  c. Pfamstii.  Diector
                     Agricultural    Cdege Station. Texas
                     Extension
                     Service
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               Partial cost of this publication was provided by a grant from the Monsanto
               Wildfire Retardant Center, Ontario, California.
              Cover Photos:
              Front - Prescribed burn in previously herbicide treated mesquite-whitebrush
                       near Cotulla, Texas, February 26, 1979.
              Back   - Vegetation response May 1979 following the prescribed burn of
                       February 26, 1979, near Cotulla, Texas.    Note the openness of brush
                       and excellent response of California cottontop (Digitaria californica).
                  PRESCRIBED RANGE BURNING IN THE
                   COASTAL PRAIRIE AND EASTERN
                   RIO GRANDE PLAINS OF TEXAS
                   Proceedings of a Symposium
                    held October 16, 1980
                     at Kingsville, Texas
                   Edited by C. Wayne Hanselka
                      September 1980
                                          TABLE OF CONTENTS
             INTRODUCTION TO THE USE OF PRESCRIBED RANGE BURNING                      Page
            ON THE COASTAL PRAIRIE AND EASTERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS
                by Stephen J. Kleberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
            THE HISTORICAL ROLE OF FIRE ON SOUTH TEXAS RANGELANDS
                by C. Wayne Hanselka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
            RANGE AND RANCH MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS FOR
            PROPER USE OF PRESCRIBED BURNING
                by Wayne T. Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
            PRINCIPLES, REQUIREMENTS, AND TECHNIQUES FOR
            PRESCRIBED RANGE BURNING
                by Larry D. White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
            INTEGRATION OF PRESCRIBED BURNING WITH OTHER
            PRACTICES IN BRUSH MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
                byC.J.Scifres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...65
            RANGE BURNING AND WILDLIFE HABITAT
                byBillKiel.............................72
            ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS AND REGULATIONS
            ASSOCIATED WITH RANGE BURNING
                by Gary I. Wallin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
            GULF CORDGRASS:  DISTRIBUTION, ECOLOGY, AND
            RESPONSES TO PRESCRIBED BURNING
                by C. J. Scifres and D. L. Drawe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
            FIRE EFFECTS ON DEEP SAND RANGE SITES IN SOUTH TEXAS
                byJ.L.Mutz............................93
            THE ROLE OF FIRE IN THE COASTAL PRAIRIE
                by D. Lynn Drawe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  101
            PRESCRIBED BURNING OF IMPROVED PASTURES
                by Wayne T. Hamilton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114