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East Central PBA
Counties: Franklin, Gasconade, St. Louis, Warren & Washington
East Central PBA was organized in 2015. Equipment was purchased via a cooperative agreement between Missouri Department of Conservation, National Wild Turkey Federation, and the MO River Valley Chapter of Quail Forever located in Washington, MO. The grant was used to purchase the trailer and burn equipment.
President: Charlie Skornia, 573-418-9961, cskornia@icloud.com
Technical Advisors:
Wesley Hanks, Quail Forever Wildlife Biologist, whanks@quailforever.org
Lia Heppermann, MDC Private Land Conservationist, lia.heppermann@mdc.mo.gov
Foothills PBA
Counties: Portions of Perry, Bollinger, and surrounding counties
The Foothills PBA was organized in 2021 by a group of local landowners wanting to work cooperatively with the community to increase the responsible use of prescribed fire on the local landscape. A trailer and prescribed burn equipment were purchased via a cooperative grant between Missouri Department of Conservation and Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever in Missouri through the Missouri Prescribed Fire Council.
President: Leo Loehnig, 314-620-5604, leoloehnig@msn.com
Vice President: Paul Breitenstein, 573-238-7554, firehouse0951@gmail.com
Secretary/Treasurer: Travis DeGroot, 573-225-1321, foothillspba@gmail.com
FPBA email: foothillspba@gmail.com
Mark Twain PBA
Counties: Monroe and surrounding counties (Macon, Shelby, Marion, Ralls, Audrain & Randolph)
Mark Twain PBA was started in 2015. The equipment was purchased via a cooperative agreement between Missouri Department of Conservation, National Wild Turkey Federation, and the Mark Twain Quail Forever Chapter located in Paris, MO. The grant was used to purchase the trailer and burn equipment available to its members.
President: Dave Harmon, (314) 307-8746, dave5075e@gmail.com
Technical Advisors:
Courtney Nicks, Quail Forever Wildlife Biologist, cnicks@quailforever.org
Jamie Ebbesmeyer, MDC Private Land Conservationist, james.ebbesmeyer@mdc.mo.gov
Mid MO PBA
Counties: Boone and surrounding counties (Audrain, Howard, Cole, Callaway, Moniteau, Cooper & Randolph)
Mid MO PBA was started in 2022 with a mission to help central Missouri landowners overcome hurdles that limit the use of prescribed burning: lack of experience, training, equipment and, most of all, peoplepower to help conduct the burn. A grant from National Wild Turkey Federation, along with donations from Mid Mo Uplanders Quail Forever Chapter located in Columbia, MO, and private donors, was used to purchase the trailer and burn equipment available to its members.
President: Paul Beuselinck, (573) 489-6424, prbeuselinck@gmail.com
Vice President: Adam Sapp (573) 819-7509; adamsapp2008@gmail.com
Secretary/Treasurer: Lisa McBrayer (870) 405-7092, lmcbrayer@ducks.org
Technical Advisors:
Ryan Lueckenhoff, MDC Community & Private Land Conservationist, rlueckenhoff@ducks.org
Brady Lichtenberg, MO Soybean Conservation Programs Manager, blichtenberg@mosoy.org
MMPBA email: midmoprescribedfire@gmail.com
Ozark PBA
County: Carter
Ozark PBA was started in 2015 by a group of landowners who, after experiencing difficulty completing prescribed burn projects on their own properties, joined forces and formed the Ozark PBA.
President: Donny Foerster, 573-593-4335, donaldfoerster@gmail.com
Technical Advisor:
Devin Wood, MDC Private Land Conservationist, devin.wood@mdc.mo.gov
Upper Meramec PBA
Counties: Crawford, Dent, Phelps and into adjacent counties
The Upper Meramec PBA was initiated by collaborative burning between a few landowners early in 2023 and officially formed after a public meeting in May of 2023. The PBA is accepting memberships to assist members with prescribed burns.
President: Joe Heller, 314-323-8808, jheller02007@yahoo.com
Vice-President: Marty Reed, 314-852-1332, mardis006@gmail.com
Upper Osage PBA
Counties: Bates, Vernon, Cedar, St. Clair & Henry
Upper Osage PBA was started in July, 2018 by local landowners that live in and around the Upper Osage Grassland priority geography in West Central Missouri.
President: Drew Coates, 816-591-8106, jdrewcoates@gmail.com
Contact: Len Gilmore, 417-839-0635, lenegilmore@gmail.com
Technical Advisors:
Aimee Coy, MDC Private Land Conservationist, aimee.coy@mdc.mo.gov
Josh Cussimanio, MDC Private Land Conservationist, josh.cussimanio@mdc.mo.gov