KERRVILLE – A Wildfire Preparedness Seminar will be held 5:30-7:30 p.m. Jan. 30 at the Upper Guadalupe River Authority Lecture Hall, 125 Lehmann Drive in Kerrville.
The seminar, which is free and open to the public, is presented by the Texas AgriLife Extension Service in conjunction with the Upper Guadalupe River Authority and Kerr County Headwaters Groundwater Conservation District.
Registration is from 5-5:30 p.m., followed by a short welcome and introduction by Ray Buck, general manager for the river authority, and Roy Walston, AgriLife Extension agent for agriculture and natural resources, Kerr County. Seminar presentations begin at 5:40 p.m.
“Presentations will be made by various state and local experts and will cover not only wildfire preparedness, but also many issues directly or indirectly associated with wildfire and wildfire preparation,” Walston said.
Seminar topics include an overview of the current drought situation and future predictions, discussion of current groundwater and surface-water levels, a legislative forecast, a weather forecast, wildfire prevention and preparedness, and burning regulations. A wrap-up and panel question-and-answer session will be held at 7:30 p.m.
Presenters include headwaters conservation district board president Gordon Morgan; Upper Guadalupe River Authority natural resources coordinator Tara Bushnoe; State Rep.Harvey Hilderbran; Texas Forest Service fire prevention specialist Mary Kay Hicks; Kerr County Environmental Health Department director Ray Garcia; and Lubbock-based television meteorologist Cary Burgess.
For more information, contact the Upper Guadalupe River Authority at 830-896-5445.
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