Why Burn Brush & Slash Instead of Leaving It

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  • Опубликовано: 17 янв 2025

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  • @pauladams3789
    @pauladams3789 11 месяцев назад +13

    You always make me laugh watching your videos. I truly enjoy them.

  • @Bushman9
    @Bushman9 11 месяцев назад +9

    I’m in rural Ontario. We have an automated burn permit system.
    You go online and register for the burn permit.
    When you are burning (like I did today), you just dial a number and an automated system records your intent to burn.
    It already knows where your property is from your phone number.
    Quick and easy.

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  11 месяцев назад +1

      That sounds like a good system. When we do it through the Department of Forestry that is online too. But a little more complicated.

  • @clayoreilly4553
    @clayoreilly4553 11 месяцев назад +9

    A runaway crown fire is an awe-inspiring thing. It brings you right down to right size. Immediately. Powerful, scary stuff.

  • @hv1461
    @hv1461 11 месяцев назад +10

    Forest ecology is an interesting topic

  • @IdeasBox
    @IdeasBox 3 месяца назад +5

    I fought some big fires on Kangaroo Island in 2020 which had been made worse by the fact that the National Park people had let the fire breaks cut in 2005 grow back because the tourists said they were unsightly. Fire breaks are more important than people realise.

  • @RangerRage69
    @RangerRage69 11 месяцев назад +4

    I really enjoy your videos… I like to watch them with my morning coffee- no calories…. And it’s nice to be able to sit back and watch other people work… keep them coming!

  • @longridgearchery
    @longridgearchery 11 месяцев назад +3

    Agree completely with your aspect of forest management. I grew up in SW Oregon with my family in the timber industry and we have a few hundred acres of timberland we log. Moved to Wyoming a couple years back and half to laugh at all the angles back cuts I see around here, I’m probably one of the only or few that leave Humboldt stumps when I cut firewood haha. A lot of public engagement/education will need to happen on the west coast to allow forest managers to do their job properly.

    • @jimmytate7587
      @jimmytate7587 11 месяцев назад +1

      if people started using the Humboldt cut they would like it. i like the way it kicks the trunk away from the stump/

  • @VAwoodsman164
    @VAwoodsman164 11 месяцев назад +6

    Thanks for making these videos. I’m on the east coast doing similar forest management practices and its great to see other sensible and experienced guys doing things a good way.

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  11 месяцев назад +4

      Thank you for the comment. Sometimes I watch videos from the East Coast. It’s interesting to see how people do things differently out there in that different environment. It’s good to see people taking care of their land.

  • @threeriversforge1997
    @threeriversforge1997 11 месяцев назад +4

    I always enjoy hearing something about something. You never know when something will strike a chord with you, or ring a bell, and then it's off to the races! I might try some small burns this spring to help clear out a lot of ugly invasives that are swamping me. You can work all day long and not get ahead of those things, so fire's really the only option. Keeping on top of the burn, though, is a real struggle!

  • @m8s4lif
    @m8s4lif 11 месяцев назад +19

    At 7:17 I 100% agree. If people really want to reduce catastrophic wildfires, then we need to do just what you said. Wilson, you are doing a great job teaching things about the forest that more people need to know about. Keep it up. Your videos are not just entertaining, but also very educational. Oh yah, stay dry.

    • @GW71093
      @GW71093 11 месяцев назад +5

      Strategic breaks around certain areas seem like a necessity, as unfortunate as it is. But in addition to that, we seriously need controlled, low-level burns. These forests relied on natural burns for their entire existence before we showed up and spent 100 years messing up that cycle. Now these huge fuel build ups are just waiting for a spark to set them off catastrophically.

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  11 месяцев назад +2

      Well said GW. You nailed it.

  • @davidsylvester2543
    @davidsylvester2543 5 месяцев назад +2

    When we used to clear land we would sometimes land the top of some of the trees right in the fire.

  • @peterellis4262
    @peterellis4262 Месяц назад +1

    Preparing is a better course of action than reacting, but you're generally right, it's much easier to get action as reaction and people don't see the money saved by preventing the situation that calls for reaction. In our area of Michigan, I would need to get a permit to do slash burns, but it's my preference not to burn my slash. I'll use some to make biochar occasionally, some goes into the chipper, some goes into making raised garden beds, some gets used in building "dead hedges" to protect those garden beds ;) We really don't have a wildfire issue here - certainly not on a west coast scale - so controlling fuel isn't much of a concern in my planning.

  • @joostverboven4704
    @joostverboven4704 Месяц назад +1

    I find your videos quite informative, entertaining, confirming and appreciate your quirky sense of humor. I do a lot of burning, mostly thinning out Douglas fir and spruce that’s crowding out ponderosa pine, western larch and mature Douglas fir. With a few friends we’ll do some small scale prescribed burning every spring, mostly needles underneath the pines. It’s quite safe when there’s still snow on the ground and I’ve made ‘snow fire breaks’ last longer by frequently riding a snowmobile over them during winter and spring. Brush piles are a great way to remove surplus vegetation and trunks provide lots of firewood to heat the house. Covering those piles with a small plastic sheet and burning after a good bit of moisture works great. A few years ago the Forest Service did some prescribed brining around us and burned about 11 acres on our property. This is possible under the ‘Wyden agreement’ where we entered into contract: the home owner helps out with the burn (who wouldn’t want to do that?!) and supplies useful resources (for example tractor, water source, labor) and forest service brings their fire crew. They carry liability in case it gets out of hand and it’s free of cost. There were a lot of greyed large old (around 100 yrs) stumps and they’d burn for a week afterwards, amazing how much fuel is in those. Keep up the good work, I ponder about landscape wide firebreaks and getting to a situation where we can let most fires burn by having secured those perimeters and done the right forest management around homes and other development. Fire will come and the longer we hold off, the bigger they’ll be. Here in the Swan Valley in Western Montana the timber industry all but died - trees grow too slow, even though they make high quality timber (tight growth rings). I need a longer bar on my chain saw.

  • @riparianstudios
    @riparianstudios 10 дней назад

    I got lucky here in Nevada County, CA and got hooked into an RX Burn program through our local RCD. People get to learn to do RX burning and we get extra help and a CARX to guide us through the process.

  • @TATE-d6z
    @TATE-d6z 3 месяца назад

    This is the best chainsawing wood lot burning general outdoor guy fun on utube. Sorry buckin. But I just love this type of
    Humor also

  • @creatednordestroyed5339
    @creatednordestroyed5339 11 месяцев назад +2

    They always try and shut me down for too much smoke lol😂😂😂

  • @wayneallan2550
    @wayneallan2550 11 месяцев назад +1

    Very informative.

  • @davidjustice1848
    @davidjustice1848 11 месяцев назад +1

    Thumbs up to get rite to the point,thanks

  • @HardRockVermont
    @HardRockVermont 7 месяцев назад +2

    I found in my decades of Logging and Firewood Work that School Moms are the most difficult trees to Fall because of the weight going in different committed directions. I just cut them one at a time, easier said than done sometimes....lol

  • @DanielAtkinsFirewood
    @DanielAtkinsFirewood 11 месяцев назад +1

    Another good video with good information..

  • @birddogfarms6981
    @birddogfarms6981 11 месяцев назад +2

    Enjoyed this....thanks for posting!

  • @jon-scottengland8585
    @jon-scottengland8585 3 дня назад

    Your awesome to learn from

  • @heatherheward870
    @heatherheward870 3 месяца назад

    Thank you for putting this together. I will share with others who are considering using fire on their land; your approach is very genuine and helpful.

  • @Arrtists
    @Arrtists 11 месяцев назад +1

    You’re an ace man , sharp shooter

  • @sandsock
    @sandsock 5 дней назад

    leaf blowers do pretty good for controlling prescribed burns. we do several fencelines and ditches every year in ohio.

  • @austinjames1368
    @austinjames1368 11 месяцев назад +1

    I'm kinda apathetic to small trees falling down, but sympathetic to your cause.
    Also, it is such a weird thing to see an angled back cut out there. I guess some mysteries may never be solved.

  • @joeyrector1015
    @joeyrector1015 11 месяцев назад +2

    I agree with you. It's looking good around there

  • @Civvie63
    @Civvie63 11 месяцев назад +1

    You're the man, Mr Wilson!

  • @daveh4106
    @daveh4106 11 месяцев назад +1

    A lot of places where you do need a burn permits, you can avoid the need by keeping it less than 4' diameter. They also have requirements for water, shovel, etc. on sight.

  • @johnfahey7215
    @johnfahey7215 11 месяцев назад +2

    Another good one! Thanks 👍😀

  • @Anfstunes
    @Anfstunes 5 месяцев назад

    I’m new to your channel and I find what you share to be fascinating. Thank you for your insights.

  • @Blackadder75
    @Blackadder75 11 месяцев назад +1

    Every time you answer questions I end up with double the amount of questions.
    Like ' What is the difference between 'heavily wooded' and 'heavily forested' ???

  • @slagmaker6780
    @slagmaker6780 12 дней назад

    compositing is better! I chip and compost as much as I can. burning removes nutrients from the system. :)

  • @hrothgeirrH
    @hrothgeirrH 11 месяцев назад +1

    6:23 will you broadcast burn to clean up the pine duff?

  • @Zebracat5
    @Zebracat5 6 месяцев назад

    Great Video. Very informative.

  • @TheOldJarhead
    @TheOldJarhead 11 месяцев назад

    It's also good to prevent pine borders from having extra breeding grounds

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  11 месяцев назад +1

      Yes that is a very good point when dealing with pine. At least here in the western US.
      And that was a very good live stream you did on your channel this week. I think anyone considering a sawmill, or anyone who owns a sawmill should watch that.

    • @TheOldJarhead
      @TheOldJarhead 11 месяцев назад

      @WilsonForestLands Hey, thanks for that, I appreciate it and always strive to both help others and entertain 😉

  • @WOR-hk2tr
    @WOR-hk2tr 11 месяцев назад +1

    Do you have a management plan for your property? Something that outlines and guides 1, 5, 10, and 20-year plans for your property? Does the state or federal forestry service have programs for education or to work with homeowners on managing their lands? What is you background in?

  • @16m49x3
    @16m49x3 11 месяцев назад +2

    So many environmentalists today without any actual knowledge of the world seem to think if humans don't do anything at all, then forests will manage fine on their own.
    There is so little appreciation of a forest actually being managed properly, and so little understanding of the fact that humans have been doing so for millennia

  • @LegendOfMithras
    @LegendOfMithras 11 месяцев назад

    awesome informative and entertaining video! Im always curious how much land you have to manage?

  • @Carboneye7
    @Carboneye7 2 месяца назад

    Here I’m on east Va, we would burn the forest down,
    if my woods were this clear it would be doable however briars have taken over with mixed hardwoods and yellow pine.
    It’s tough money.

  • @winterfar2814
    @winterfar2814 9 месяцев назад

    How many acres do you have? Love the videos man.

  • @rogercalza9936
    @rogercalza9936 4 месяца назад

    Where is your forest located? State?

  • @danstevens2204
    @danstevens2204 6 месяцев назад

    Do you own a rakehoe?

  • @jasonpinnix1905
    @jasonpinnix1905 11 месяцев назад +2

    Proactive is always better that reactive . People just don’t understand that .

  • @scooterscat3309
    @scooterscat3309 11 месяцев назад

    My property is in the coos forest so glad we dont have poison oak near the coast.

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  11 месяцев назад

      You are fortunate for that. For not having poison oak, and for being in the coos forest. I have always liked that area.

  • @Mountaintoptractor
    @Mountaintoptractor 27 дней назад

    I am in the midst of mitigating my 44 acres, building trails throughout for fire breaks and access

  • @raymc5699
    @raymc5699 11 месяцев назад

    What kind of crown shyness you got around there?

  • @ChrisOjustWatchingTheTube
    @ChrisOjustWatchingTheTube 4 месяца назад

    You can pay the state of Tennessee $45 an acre to put in a firebreak and do the controlled burn. It’s on Tennessee State Website

  • @TheAcenightcreeper
    @TheAcenightcreeper 11 месяцев назад +1

    I leave cedar brush piles down in spring so fawns can hide, i burn them end of summer so deer can forage better on acorns and growth…and then cut down/thin in fall/winter…then pile end of winter….all cyclical..

  • @thekiltedsawyer
    @thekiltedsawyer 11 месяцев назад +1

    Hey Mike, another great video on your play ground lol
    I saw you made erics live, hes a good guy too.
    Why aren't you packing your fire extinguisher on your belt anymore.
    Do you not use a Forestry axe in the field, and wear a yellow shirt 😂❤❤
    Get to milling soon, work safe buddy, your kicking but on your subscriber #'s!
    Very proud of you!!

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  11 месяцев назад +2

      I saw you there too. I thought Erik did a very good live this week.
      I only wear the extinguisher during wildfire season. That is the only time they are required. The ax I have been using is not exactly a forestry ax. It’s a make do until I get around to putting some new handles on some of my other axes. I guess if I’m talking about fire I should be wearing green pants and a yellow shirt. 😁
      Thanks for the comment Craig.

  • @bretdavisdmd
    @bretdavisdmd 11 месяцев назад

    good videos. thanks for the info. question: does the the fire ever get away from you when you're burning slash piles? I see pine needles everywhere. Or is your ground really wet? thanks

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  11 месяцев назад +4

      I burn in the winter when the ground is really wet. Too wet for the fires to go anywhere. In the past I have had fires get away from me. Nothing that I wasn’t eventually able to get under control. That’s how I learned to burn only when everything is wet. 😁

  • @Don.Challenger
    @Don.Challenger 11 месяцев назад

    So, on your property are there any old tire dumps/piles of construction debris (typically ravines near roadways) or garbage pits/piles or abandoned farm equipment as presents from back in the 'good old days'?

    • @Blackadder75
      @Blackadder75 11 месяцев назад

      probably not, as he mentioned it is quite far from any developed land. At most you could find some remains of old trappers or settlers or so, at least that is my romantic imagination.
      lol, not the remains of the people, (hey, what kind of shinbone is this?) but the cabins they might have built....

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  11 месяцев назад +1

      There used to be a public BLM road through the property. But decades ago it was abandoned by BLM when they built another route. Long before I had the place. There are a few small trash dumps along that. Mostly steel cans, glass, a few car parts and tires. There is the remains of an old log cabin, mostly rotted away. A local old timer said it was likely from mining prospectors. A mining company probably sent them out to search the area for possible potential mines.

  • @eulerizeit
    @eulerizeit 11 месяцев назад +1

    Loving the snarky 4th wall break at the beginning.

  • @anemone104
    @anemone104 9 месяцев назад

    Slash is the Guns'n'Roses guitarist. Here if you have a slash you have a wee. If it burns when you have a slash, you're in trouble.
    I'm cutting derelict coppice. We have hundreds (literally) of introduced sika deer that knacker the regrowth and can kill the stools. The stools may be many hundreds of years old. I use all the brash and tops to create dead hedges to keep Bambi out. Otherwise it would get get burned. Over here, sadly, wild fires are becoming more common, but mostly on heathland (a dwarf shrub community) 'cos arseholes start them. Most of our woodlands are small and surrounded by pasture or arable. Or horse pasture or lots of houses......

  • @williamemerson1799
    @williamemerson1799 11 месяцев назад

    I burn my stash using a totally different method, much smaller scale and the smoke never affects the neighbors....unless they ask nicely. 🥴👍🍻

  • @RobertSkene-qw3ob
    @RobertSkene-qw3ob 11 месяцев назад

    I a!ways thought the slash came first and then the WEENIE WOST and FOREST FIRE if you are careless and then a good paddling by SMOKIE the BEAR 😄🇨🇦

  • @L46C3
    @L46C3 11 месяцев назад

    I remember (57 years ago) as a 12 year old, catching the woods on fire. We built a camp fire in an old white pine section with large trees, 40/50 inch dia. We thought we doused it out but come to find the fire crept silently below the surface of the century plus years of dense pine needle accumulation on the forest floor. Anyway, the fire department came and died it out.
    We never got caught! Ha ha.
    I'm guessing you do not have this issue, do you?

    • @Blackadder75
      @Blackadder75 11 месяцев назад +1

      lol I did this at 14, me and my buddies had won imitation Zippo lighters at the local carnival and of course we had to test them out. We burned some grass and went to a playground. 30 minutes later: 'what's that smoke?' 'Fire truck siren'' oh F$#$! what did we do? We had to own up and my parents had to pay $600 in damages because a small shed with some tools had burned down, but we had insurance for that

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  11 месяцев назад +1

      I am not remembering any time I got in trouble with fire as a kid. Maybe because I got my fire fix by doing a lot of burning with my Dad. Ok, there was that time my cousin and I took a whole box of fireworks, took them apart, put all the powder in a pile and lit it all at once with a long fuse. Fortunately we were able to put the resulting fire out without having to get any adults involved or burning anything important. I have had prescribed burns get away or get more intense than I expected. But not to a point I ever had to call for help. I did get in on a prescribed burn on an empty lot in Oklahoma. The town fire chief set it. After he thought it was finished he got called away on a fire somewhere else. Right after he left the wind started and flared it up, started pushing it right toward his new house. A bunch of us ran out, including the fire chief’s wife, and barely stopped it in time. Even the Schwan man driving by stopped to help. Fire chief’s wife was so pissed at him.

    • @L46C3
      @L46C3 11 месяцев назад

      @@WilsonForestLands Panic sets in right fast when you're seeing a fire that you started (possibly) getting out of hand!
      Love your channel.
      Just purchased a 28 in bar for my saw.. Thanks for the advice.

  • @peterellis4262
    @peterellis4262 Месяц назад +1

    " I haven't cut any trees down" hmmm.. I think it's been well over a month since I've cut a tree down. Probably need to do something about that.

  • @realairplane261
    @realairplane261 11 месяцев назад +1

    With all the pines, the soil has to be acidic; so the ashes act as a base and neutralize the soil to promote new growth of plants animals will use. Just do not burn green wood, unless you you want to stand in the smoke before your neighbors get the unwelcome guest.

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  11 месяцев назад +1

      That is true. If I was to burn some of the duff in the more heavily forest areas, that would also promote more greenery. Both from the ashes and from removing the duff layer.

    • @realairplane261
      @realairplane261 11 месяцев назад

      I had to look up “duff”. Never heard that term before. Thanks for the vocabulary lessons. I can tell you are a very intelligent person and well versed in your field and Forest.

  • @Twobrothersoutdoors
    @Twobrothersoutdoors 11 месяцев назад

    Too many things to ponder 🤔 my head hurts 🤕

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  11 месяцев назад +1

      When my viewers heads start to hurt, that’s when I know I’m going in the right direction.

  • @TheOldManAndTheSaw
    @TheOldManAndTheSaw 11 месяцев назад +13

    Good video Michael. Pathetic, but, good.

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  11 месяцев назад +13

      Thanks Dave. As long as I can keep things on the good side of pathetic, that’s good enough for me.

    • @timobreumelhof88
      @timobreumelhof88 4 месяца назад

      Hahaha😂

    • @Dustin_the_wind
      @Dustin_the_wind 4 месяца назад

      Funny or friends, I still think you're inaccurate.
      Pathetic, compared to...?
      They all can't be symphonies.

    • @TheOldManAndTheSaw
      @TheOldManAndTheSaw 4 месяца назад +2

      I consider Michael to be a friend that I've never met in person. I think he prefers it that way.

    • @efo1358
      @efo1358 2 месяца назад +1

      He’s doing good and who forgot the Ladddder? A crown fire is because the forest was not Maintained Below the Ladder! Who Smokey the Bare Now! 😤🤧🤙🦦🫡

  • @Urbicide
    @Urbicide Месяц назад

    I see you have got "high water" chaps. They are really supposed to extend down to your ankles. People tend to buy them sized like the inseam measurement of your pants, but that is way too short.

  • @korodski
    @korodski 11 месяцев назад

    😈

  • @section8374
    @section8374 11 месяцев назад +2

    Have you had out of control forest fires on your property? These are my favorite type of videos, keep them coming. I live north of you on the High Cascade Desert Steppe, 50 miles West of the Cascade Mts, Central Washington. I've seen and fought a LOT of fires, many of which those fire breaks would have helped stop the spread. As far as I'm concerned it would be money well spend, an ounce pf prevention is worth a pound of cure. I'm NOT a fan of the Forest Service or the BLM, it's to hard to see where your going with your head stuffed up your A#@!.

  • @92Begbie
    @92Begbie 11 месяцев назад

    If you don’t hear a new rumour by noon
    Make something up

  • @eric91780
    @eric91780 9 месяцев назад

    Your making bio char.

  • @southernadirondackoutdoors
    @southernadirondackoutdoors 11 месяцев назад +1

    I think you need a bigger saw for the pathetic trees 😁🤣

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  11 месяцев назад +1

      😂
      This one is getting a lot of hours on it. Maybe I should upgrade to a bigger one. And if I had a sawmill shed, I could store it in there. 😁

  • @Papawcanner
    @Papawcanner 11 месяцев назад

    Trump told us to rake the forest .Genius

  • @thedevilinthecircuit1414
    @thedevilinthecircuit1414 6 месяцев назад

    "I'm learning I have to *specify* these things."
    Did all you Komment Karens hear that?
    I hope so.

  • @jameskringlee8974
    @jameskringlee8974 11 месяцев назад

    chip it, to provide mulch around the seedlings you just planted or to improve your forest pathways or for fuel for your unitized, movable dry kiln unit - at least don't burn in "compliance" with "their" narrative that forests need fire to thrive.

    • @Iluvatar85213
      @Iluvatar85213 11 месяцев назад +4

      wth are u even saying

    • @jameskringlee8974
      @jameskringlee8974 11 месяцев назад

      @@Iluvatar85213 my advice to a person in the future.

    • @jameskringlee8974
      @jameskringlee8974 11 месяцев назад

      @@Iluvatar85213 I am speaking to a person in the future, Yes, I understand this may be difficult to understand for those living within their current understanding of the nature of the reality of life on Our Planet Earth..

    • @L46C3
      @L46C3 11 месяцев назад +4

      @jameskringlee8974 - Chipping is VERY labor intensive unless you have a very expensive unit. And even then it takes young backs and some good old fashion work! You can always rent a small, commercial unit for $300/day.
      Todays, small residential types would take for ever! Ask me how I know???

    • @GMC-qo9xi
      @GMC-qo9xi 11 месяцев назад

      @@L46C3a good reality check.