Professor
Ph.D., Texas A & M University
M.S. and B.S., Texas Tech University
Office: 103B Goddard Hall
Phone: (806) 742-2842
Fax: (806) 742-2280
c7cmb@ttacs.ttu.edu
c7cmb@ttacs.ttu.edu
Hello,
Research areas pursued by my graduate students involve range improvements and range
ecology. Our research takes a variety of approaches to understanding and developing
practical solutions to range improvement problems.
Currently, I have several students contrasting the effects of summer prescribed fires with
what we know about dormant season fires. This research on summer burning has involved a
total re-evaluation of scientific literature and searching historical data for seasonality
of naturally occurring fires. There is little doubt that fires, which burned at times
other than the dormant season, were much more damaging to some of our problem brush
species.
Other areas of range management that we actively research include: (1) interactions of
grazing animals and pasture vegetation; (2) protein supplementation of growing animals on
dormant forage; (3) remote sensing; (4) improved grasses and pasture renovation; and (5)
analysis of rangeland productivity and use.