Burning for Birds: A Manual for Prescribed Fire in High Marshes of the Northern Gulf Coast

April 10, 2026 at 10am PT/1pm ET

A free one hour webinar from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Tall Timbers, the Southern Fire Exchange, and the University of Florida IFAS.

Society of American Foresters CFE Credit Expected.

Presenter: Auriel Fournier, PhD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Webinar Description: The NOAA Firebird project (https://noaworkingrd.home.blogtogether) has been working together since 2019 to study the impacts of prescribed fire in gulf coastal high marshes on three birds, the mottled duck, eastern black rail and yellow rail. This webinar will focus on our newly published prescribed fire manual, which contains our results to date on the application of fire, as well as several case studies.

Webinar Requirements: A reliable internet connection and speakers / headphones are required to participate. Webinar audio will be broadcast directly to your computer and may be available via a call-in number. See registration email for more details. Webinar participants do not need a microphone or video camera.

Webinar Recording: If you can't make the webinar, look for the recording to be posted on the Southern Fire Exchange YouTube Webinar Archive.

Questions? Contactus@southernfireexchange.org