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The research for this project is conducted at the Hal & Fern Cooper Wildlife Management Area located in Woodward county.

 

Location: Woodward County, 3 miles south of Ft. Supply, OK

Land Owner: Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation

Date Initiated: 2005

Plots: 28, 60m x 60m plots

Treatments:

  • Control (no burn)
  • Burn January-February every 2 years
  • Burn March-April every 2 years
  • Burn May-June every 2 years
  • Burn July-August every 2 years
  • Burn September-October every 2 years
  • Burn November-December every 2 years
  • Burn January-February every 4 years
  • Burn March-April every 4 years
  • Burn May-June every 4 years
  • Burn July-August every 4 years
  • Burn September-October every 4 years
  • Burn November-December every 24 years

Publications from Area:

  • Vermeire, L.T., R.B. Mitchell, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2000. Sand sagebrush response to fall and spring prescribed burns. In: McArthur, E. Durant; Fairbanks, Daniel J., Proceedings: Shrubland Ecosystem Genetics and Biodiversity; 2000 June 13-15; Provo, UT. Proceedings: RMRS-P-000. Ogden, UT; Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
  • Vermeire, L.T. 2002. The fire ecology of sand sagebrush-mixed prairie in the southern Great Plains. Ph.D. thesis. Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock.

 

Hal & Fern Cooper Wildlife Management Area 

A man standing in a green field.
A man standing in a green field.
1-1. Burned 2-07.
A man in a gray shirt standing in a grassland.
A man in a gray shirt standing in a grassland.
1-2. Burned 4-07.
A sign standing in a field of dirt and grass.
A sign standing in a field of dirt and grass.
1-3. Burned 5-07.
A man standing along a barbed-wire fence.
A man standing along a barbed-wire fence.
1-3. Burned 5-07.
A man standing in a burnt field.
A man standing in a burnt field.
1-4. Burned 7-07.
A man leaning on a fence post in tall grass.
A man leaning on a fence post in tall grass.
A man standing behind tall grass.
A man standing behind tall grass.
1-6. Burned 12-06.
A man standing in a wide open field.
A man standing in a wide open field.
1-7. Unburned field.
A burning plot of grass.
A burning plot of grass.
Hal and Fern Wildlife sign.
Hal and Fern Wildlife sign.
A man with a hat on in a field.
A man with a hat on in a field.
A man in a gray shirt along a fence.
A man in a gray shirt along a fence.
2-2. Burned 4-07.
A man standing in tall grass.
A man standing in tall grass.
An unburned field with a tree in the back.
An unburned field with a tree in the back.
2-3. Unburned field.
A man standing in a burnt field.
A man standing in a burnt field.
Tall grass before it is burned.
Tall grass before it is burned.
2-4. Preburn.
A man and a woman standing in a green field.
A man and a woman standing in a green field.
2-5. Burned 10-06.
A man with a gray shirt and hat on in a field if grass.
A man with a gray shirt and hat on in a field if grass.
A man with his hands on his hips in a field.
A man with his hands on his hips in a field.
2-7. Unburned check 7-07.
Smoke behind a sign.
Smoke behind a sign.
2. Season of burn plots.
A man behind a sign that says 3-1.
A man behind a sign that says 3-1.
3-1. Burned 2-07.
A man in a button-down shirt standing in a green field.
A man in a button-down shirt standing in a green field.
3-2. Burned 4-07.
A patchy field with a sign on it.
A patchy field with a sign on it.
3-3. Burned 5-07.
A man looking at the grass.
A man looking at the grass.
3-3. Burned 5-07.
A man standing in a green field.
A man standing in a green field.
Tall grasses covering up a man.
Tall grasses covering up a man.
3-5. Burned 10-06.
A man leaning on a fence post.
A man leaning on a fence post.
A man checking an unburned field.
A man checking an unburned field.
Smoke covering a grassfield.
Smoke covering a grassfield.
3. Season of burn plots.
A man in front of a 4-1 sign.
A man in front of a 4-1 sign.
4-1. Burned 2-07.
A man covered by weeds.
A man covered by weeds.
4-2. Burned 4-07.
A man standing in a half-burnt field.
A man standing in a half-burnt field.
4-3. Burned 5-07.
A lush grassland.
A lush grassland.
A man leaning on a post in a burnt field.
A man leaning on a post in a burnt field.
4-4. Burned 7-07.
A man leaning on a post in a green field.
A man leaning on a post in a green field.
4-5 Burned. 10-06.
A man covered by tall grass.
A man covered by tall grass.
Tall grass covering almost the whole image.
Tall grass covering almost the whole image.
4-7. Unburned 7-07.
A burning plot of grass.
A burning plot of grass.
4. Season of burn plots.
A fireman walking into a burning grass plot.
A fireman walking into a burning grass plot.
5. Season of burn plots.
A rapid fire in a grassland.
A rapid fire in a grassland.
6. Season of burn plots.
Smoke being a sign.
Smoke being a sign.
7. Season of burn plots.
Dead grasses after being burned.
Dead grasses after being burned.
8. Season of burn plots.
Firemen looking at a burning grass plot.
Firemen looking at a burning grass plot.
9. Season of burn plots.
Two men gathering samples from a grass plot.
Two men gathering samples from a grass plot.
Sampling.
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