Re: Backing Into the Wind..
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03/05/18 11:59 AM
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Re: Backing Into the Wind..
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03/05/18 12:14 PM
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Lots of benefits to Rx fire in these southern pine woods. Reduce fuel load making threat of wildfire damage less, kill unwanted hardwoods and shrubs that will result in more sunlight reaching forest floor, scarify native seeds and expose soil so growth herbaceous vegatation can occur, control certain diseases in pines, makes the pine stands more attractive to deer, turkeys, quail, and many other species that are adapted to these southern pine forests.
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Re: Backing Into the Wind..
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03/05/18 12:21 PM
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A slow burning fire (backing into the wind) is the ideal fire so it will girdle the brush and small hardwood trees. A backing fire needs a constant low to moderate wind direction. Having many disked fire breaks on the property is key to maintaining control and keeping the process efficient.
A head fire will get exciting quickly even if there is not a lot of fuel. A wrong 5 mph wind will sometimes more than quadruple flame height instantly. One spot over and it's ON!
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Re: Backing Into the Wind..
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03/05/18 12:24 PM
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One of the Small Game management awards handed out annually by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission is a drip torch because of the many benefits of prescribed burns.
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Re: Backing Into the Wind..
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03/05/18 12:31 PM
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Lots of benefits for sure, but a huge liability as well in todays world, IMO. Yep. Smoke management makes me nervous. In areas with lots of residences Rx fires are too much.
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Re: Backing Into the Wind..
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03/05/18 12:35 PM
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Around here the DNR manages to burn something off by accident, that doesn't need it.
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Re: Backing Into the Wind..
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03/05/18 12:38 PM
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One of the Small Game management awards handed out annually by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission is a drip torch because of the many benefits of prescribed burns. Very good prize. A drip torch is the best wildlife management tool, in the right hands, there is!
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Re: Backing Into the Wind..
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03/05/18 12:39 PM
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Around here the DNR manages to burn something off by accident, that doesn't need it. Most wildlife habitat needs it.....some people may not want it.
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Re: Backing Into the Wind..
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03/05/18 01:00 PM
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Indeed it does. Farmere here use to do a lot more of it. Every swamp needs it, and a good wild fire is alright once in a while. The last good one was the fire of 1910 up here .
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Re: Backing Into the Wind..
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03/05/18 01:55 PM
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Looks very good. I would love to have some burning done but I don't have the know how. I would burn the country down. LOL
I have some rough country that has a lot of grass that hasn't been grazed with domestic animals since God was a boy and been that way since the first native walked this land. Wildlife graze it but it needs to be burned with all the old grass that is in there. I hold my breath each year I never have a wild fire go through there.
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