Title:
Prescribed Burning Board meeting minutes and agenda and other records
Description:
The Texas Prescribed Burning Board (PBB) was created within the Department of Agriculture in 1999, for the purpose of establishing minimum standards for prescribed burning in Texas. The PBB certifies commercial, private, and not-for-profit prescribed burn managers to ensure they have the proper training to execute prescribed burns designed to confine fire to a predetermined area and to accomplish planned land management objectives. Records include board meeting minutes and agenda, research and publication development files, Prescribed Fire School documents and curriculum, planning records, personnel documents, and audiocassettes, dated 1995-2018 and undated, bulk 1998-2010. The audiocassettes have been digitized and are part of the Texas Digital Archive.
Collection:
Prescribed Burning Board meeting minutes and agenda and other records
Creator:
Texas. Prescribed Burning Board
Date range of creation:
1995 to 2018
Date range of creation:
bulk 1998-2010
Geographic coverage:
Texas
Subject:
Burning of land
Subject:
Conservation of natural resources
Subject:
Fire management
Subject:
Forests and forestry
Subject:
Fire management
Subject:
Pastures
Subject:
Prescribed burning
Subject:
Rangelands
Subject:
Sustainable forestry
Type:
Agendas (administrative records)
Type:
Application forms
Type:
Audiocassettes
Type:
Correspondence
Type:
Memorandums
Type:
Minutes (administrative records)
Type:
Training manuals
Citation information:
(Identify the item), Texas Prescribed Burning Board meeting minutes and agenda and other records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Arrangement:
These records are arranged in the order in which they were received.
Copyright information:
Most records created by Texas state agencies are not copyrighted. State records also include materials received by, not created by, state agencies. Copyright remains with the creator. The researcher is responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.).
Access restrictions:
Records described in this finding aid may contain information that is confidential under the Texas Public Information Act (PIA) (Texas Government Code, Chapter 552) or other statutes. Restricted information, as outlined in the statutes, applies to both physical and electronic records. As laws change, statutory restrictions may be added to or removed from these records. See our Texas Public Information Act and Researching in the State Archives web page for the more common types of restrictions found in state government records.
Access restrictions:
Requests for materials held within the State Archives, whether a Research Request or Public Information Act Request, must be submitted via this form: https://www.tsl.texas.gov/sites/default/files/public/tslac/ref/Texas_State_Archive_Material_Request_Form.pdf. A Research Request is sufficient for requesting most State Archives materials. While a PIA Request is always an option, a PIA Request for State Archives materials is required only if a researcher does not agree to the redaction or removal of restricted government information (see: Texas Government Code Chapter 552).
Access restrictions:
For further assistance with accessing materials within the State Archives, contact the Reference Desk: archinfo@tsl.texas.gov or 512-463-5455.
Size or duration:
4.12 cubic ft. (including 12 audiocassettes)
TARO URL:
http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tslac/14000/tsl-14000.html
Technical requirements:
Due to the fragility of the audiocassettes, the digital copies must be used instead of the original audiocassettes. Researchers wishing to access the original audiocassettes must contact Archives staff. Access may be granted if the researcher wants to view the physical audiocassette and its container.