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BRUSH MANAGEMENT FIELD DAY

Hosted by TPWD in partnership ww Texas A&M Agrilife Extension, Corteva, USDA-NRCS & Quail Forever
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location_on Moffitt Show Barn, Paducah, Texas
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Paducah, Texas 79248
BRUSH MANAGEMENT FIELD DAY
FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2023
MOFFITT SHOW BARN, 312 FM 1037, PADUCAH, TX

PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED

8:30 AM Registration and welcome

9:00 What’s possible with brush management, examples from the Matador WMA
Chip Ruthven, TPWD Panhandle WMA Project Leader

9:20 Corteva LandVisor program
Jodie Stockett, Corteva Range & Pasture Specialist

9:50 Break

10:00 How much brush do wildlife need?
Hailey Hawkins, TPWD Wildlife Biologist

10:20 The effects of brush management on quail and grassland birds in the Rolling Plains
Dr. Anne Bartuszevige, Playa Lakes Join Venture Conservation Science Director

10:40 Mule Deer Habitat Requirements and the Effects on Population Performance
Dr. Levi Heffelfinger, CKWRI TAMU Kingsville Assistant Professor of Research

11:00 Break

11:15 Prescribed fire resources for landowners
Thomas Janke, Pheasants Forever, Inc. and Quail Forever State Coordinator

11:30 US Fish and Wildlife Programs for Landowners
Duane Lucia, USFWS Fish and Wildlife Biologist

11:45 NRCS Cost Share assistance Programs
Manuel Deleon, NRCS Wildlife Biologist

12:00 PM Lunch (Catered by Coffee on the Square in Paducah)

12:45 Travel to the Matador WMA – 3036 FM 3256, Paducah TX 79248

1:00 Tour of the Matador WMA
- Herbicide application demonstration; Hunter Hopkins, TPWD Wildlife Biologist
- Results of grubbing, herbicide, and fire; Caroline Ellison, TPWD Wildlife Biologist
- Prescribed grazing as a management tool; Dr. Tim Steffens, WTAMU Rangeland Ecologist

3:30 Wrap up
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Moffitt Show Barn
312 FM 1037
Paducah, Texas 79248