Double C Cattle Company, the award-winning operation run by the Coffey family of southern Oklahoma, is stewarding a culture of prescribed fire in the Arbuckle Mountain region. As woody species like eastern red cedar threaten America’s grasslands, prescribed fire has become one of the most successful brush management tools to fight back against encroachment. By combining prescribed fire with mechanical thinning and herbicide treatment, the Coffeys have been able to reclaim thousands of acres of grassland on their ranch. As Chuck Coffey says, “Fire helps maintain grasslands. The three together help reclaim.”
Read more about Double C Cattle Company’s rangeland management in their Working Lands for Wildlife feature here: https://www.wlfw.org/double-c-cattle-company-reclaims-oklahomas-prairie-with-prescribed-fire/.
