Down East NC Prescribed Burn Association
Who We Are
The North Carolina Down East Prescribed Burn Association. A group for local landowners, land managers, fire practitioners, and subject experts sharing information, resources, and experiences to better equip each other in order to establish more prescribed fire acres, further enhancing the multiple resources of our forests.
The Down East PBA primarily focuses on the areas of Pitt, Beaufort, Lenoir, Jones, Craven, Pamlico, Onslow, and Carteret Counties in Eastern NC, however, there are no borders, and good collaboration includes overlap with our neighboring counties and adjoining PBA’s.
Burn Better Smarter
Our goal is to is to facilitate the learning and experience of both new and existing prescribed fire use managers, providing for good fire on the landscape. This does several things. First, it restores natural and cultural landscapes, returning our forest vegetation and timber types to a more productive and healthy state, promoting historic species like Longleaf Pine and the Northern Bobwhite Quail. Knowledgeable landowners and managers also help educate their neighbors and local community on prescribed fire history and practices, further allowing fire use in our area. Last but not least, good prescribed fire mitigates the risk of damaging wildfires by reducing overgrown forest fuels and creating mosaic firebreaks that protect both our forest and our communities.
Burning better smarter is what we do.
On Site Project Assistance
Down East PBA resources can offer help with burn prescriptions and planning, as well as connecting you with program professionals that can guide you with every aspect of implementing projects on your property. Would you like to become a NC Certified Burner? We can help with that too.
Down East Area Partners
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