{"id":354,"date":"2020-02-04T18:32:49","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T18:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/northernbluesforests\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2025-10-08T15:16:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T15:16:55","slug":"forests-of-the-northern-blues","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rxpracticum\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Prescribed fire in an ecological context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

OSU’s Prescribed Fire Practicum has been designed to give fire management practitioners and students practical, hands-on experience designing and implementing prescribed burns. The course offers a conceptual framework in fire ecology and effects, fire history and burning practices of the Pacific Northwest, fuel assessment and categorization, fire weather and smoke mitigation considerations, prescribed fire safety and management, and much more. Participants work collectively to design, implement, and assess a prescribed fire on one of OSU’s research forests (or another nearby site), and work individually and\/or in small groups to design and present a burn plan for another environment. The course emphasizes private landowner management and ecological objectives, understanding burn complexity, and mitigating risk. It offers resources and tips for making prescribed burns safe and successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Available to enrolled OSU students for 3 academic credits. Graduate and undergraduate options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organization and Schedule<\/strong> <\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n