The King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management at Texas A&M University- Kingsville will host the Gus T. Canales Prescribed Burn Lectureship Monday through Friday, Jan. 4-8, at the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Center adjacent to campus.

The cost of the lectureship is $500 and the registration deadline is the first day of the course, Jan. 4.

This lectureship is designed to teach the safe use of fire as a rangeland and wildlife habitat management tool.

Those who complete the course and successfully pass the exam are provided the formal training necessary to qualify as a Certified Prescribed Burn Manager in Texas.

Participants will take part in a least one prescribed burn and learn how weather affects prescribed fire, how to make a burn plan, burning techniques, fire behavior and how to control a fire, the effect of fire on various vegetation types, burning rules and regulations in Texas and fire safety, tools and equipment required for prescribed burning.

Lectureship speakers include Dr. D. Lynne Drawe, former director of the Welder Wildlife Foundation; Dr. C. Wayne Hanselka, former professor and extension range specialist in ecosystem science and management at Texas A&M University; and Dr. Allen Rasmussen, dean of the Dick and Mary Lewis Kleberg College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Human Sciences at Texas A&MKingsville.