A Land Stewardship & Prescribed Fire Educational Blowout presented by the Ozona Chamber of Commerce and Wild Spirit Wild Places, will take place at the Crockett County Fair Park Convention Center on Feb.18‐19, 2022. The event will feature informative presentations from various private and Governmental organizations with missions to support Texas conservation and wildlife.
Educational presentations on important land stewardship topics will cover the benefits of prescribed fire and other land stewardship practices, Devils River Preservation, conservation easements, cost-share programs, donkey adoptions, night skies, eco-tourism, pollinator habitats, mentored hunting and fishing, and more.
In addition, the event will conduct a prescribed fire ten minutes south of Ozona on the Baggett Family LP Ranch to provide education and training for event participants and volunteers. Representatives and instructors from Texas A&M Forest Service, Quail Forever, Texas Parks & Wildlife, and Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burn Association will be coordinating the prescribed burn. Seats for the prescribed fire training and education event are very limited, and a total of 6 CFT’s will be available. Event agenda and class schedule are posted on Eventbrite.