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Tag: prescribed fire

  • prescribed burn

Fire in a Box

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  • July 16, 2024July 16, 2024

There are two kinds of wildland fire, wildfire and controlled fire. Wildfires, also called forest fires or brush fires are fire gone awry. They are the devastating fires that scorch…

  • Landowners
  • prescribed burn

Prescribed Fire Workshop – Fire Ecology and Field Instruction

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  • February 13, 2024February 13, 2024

The Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance (formerly known as the Madison Audubon Society) will is conducting a Prescribed Fire Workshop at their Goose Pond Sanctuary near Arlington, Wisconsin. This workshop is…

  • prescribed burn

Review: Ignition – Lighting Fires in a Burning World

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  • January 11, 2024January 14, 2024

Author: Maura R. O’Connor Published by Bold Type Books Copyright 2023 If you are a prescribed burn boss who is busily running around tryping to get your burn plans completed…

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New Liability Insurance for Prescribed Fire

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  • January 30, 2023January 29, 2023

Liability insurance for prescribed fire has been a huge problem for decades. Multiple surveys land managers, contractors and landowners consistently put the lack of affordable liability insurance among the top…

Prescribed Fire

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  • January 29, 2023September 20, 2023

What is fire? Prescribed fire is an intentionally set wildland fire that is confined within a non-combustable barrier called a fire break, and executed according to an approved plan called…

  • Landowners

New Climate Change Field Guide

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  • May 30, 2022March 26, 2025

  The Earth is warming because increasing carbon dioxide in the air is trapping heat that would otherwise escape into space. This warming of the atmosphere is beginning to impact…

  • Invasive Plants

Prickly Ash and Other Thorny Issues

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  • June 12, 2021June 12, 2021

  If you are like me, prickly ash is not your favorite native tree or shrub. It may very well be a problem on your property because of its sharp thorns and the…

  • prescribed burn

Why We Burn

  • conser36_wp
  • February 23, 2021March 25, 2021

One question that comes up whenever the topic turns to prescribed fire is, “Why should I burn my property?” It seems complicated and dangerous; beyond my capability as a private…

  • Squirrel Farm Journal

Get Active in the Woodland this Spring

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  • April 29, 2020April 29, 2020

Spring in the woodland brings promise and challenge. Yesterday saw the first violets of the spring on the squirrel farm, a five acre woodland property my wife Anette and I…

  • Plants

Which Garden Flowers Outcompete Brambles?

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  • June 30, 2019

Recently someone asked me to suggest flowering garden plants that would outcompete brambles. My response was to, “be extremely careful what you ask for.” Any plant that would outcompete your…

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