Habitat Management | Controlled Burn Techniques | Prescribed Fire
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- Опубликовано: 2 июл 2024
- Controlled burning is one of the most effective and efficient ways to improve the overall habitat on your property. Expert biologist Dr. Craig Harper dives into the different techniques to safely and effectively carry out a prescribed fire through various techniques based on the conditions and terrain of your property.
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I really like the term "residence time". What a professional way to describe the dwell time. "My wife has had ten years of residence time to burn away, trample and belittle my hopes and dreams." However, my spine is not made of thatch.
Lol!
This is a preventative for wildfires and brush fires. The Native American Tribes living on the coast of California would get together and start a fire and spread it out across the old brush and that would protect their villagers from bigger fires because all the fuel is gone.
Hey maybe we should listen to the people who have been here for ~15,000 years and follow their advice.
Nah, we just wiped out approximately 30,000,000 of them instead. Did you know we literally inspired Hitler? He wrote about Americans impressive eradication of the continents people so you and I could live here on youtube :) in the early 2000s, 300k republicans voted to make interracial marriage illegal again. Random I know, but I like sharing with possible hardcore 'murican patriots that might see so they can learn since they don't read books, but are currently banning them
Your voice is contagious, I ended up talking in your accent to mah family members fer a few dais
haha this awesome!
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I was waiting for him to sing... "the best part of waking up, is folgers in your cuuuuuuuuup"
Got a lot from that short video. Many thanks!
Glad to hear it!
this was very informative and this guy knows his stuff.
Dr. Harper is a pro!!
This guy is phenomenal
Good video
I like honey locust because it's a tough native plant where I live, but I see why someone would want them gone. I once saw a thorn branch that was over a foot long, covered in smaller thorns. They'll easily go straight through a boot and into your foot.
Yes they're native, but they can be a pain in the butt!
Great info
Glad you enjoyed! Hopefully you can put some of these techniques to use this spring!
Thank you
Thanks for watching!
what is the honey locust spot sprayed with?
Pyromaniacs would love this job
Can you do this to land that has y’all thatch instead of brush cutting the entire property?
If the conditions are right (wind, humidity, temp) yes
Contained burns are so interesting! So many factors. I just wanna burn my yard up lol. (Not going to)
They're super beneficial for native wildlife and habitat, too! Yea we wouldn't recommend a controlled burn in your yard, LOL!
Do you know what wind speed was in this video?
We cant remember exactly, but we know Craig prefers to burn in winds >10 MPH. We would guess it was around 8 and steady. That doesn't mean you cant burn in higher winds, it's all situational and depended on the topography and habitat you are burning.
I’ve heard you mow at least 4 foot lanes around the field for fire breaks. Is this correct?
There are many ways to create or utilize natural fire breaks. Mowing around a field is certainly a good and safe option.
Your break width is determined by your fuel and flame height. Smaller flame heights won't require as wide of a break to contain as a tall field of switchgrass would.
Is this more economical than plowing up a field to clear it of dried grass
Yes. Much less time and gas spent on a tractor.
Hey I see you’re in NC. I’m needing to have a fire of some woods in Statesville, NC. How much do you think for a 2-acre lot?
Thanks
We do not do prescribed fires for individuals unfortunately. We would recommend watching some of our videos on prescribed fire and possibly taking a class until you're comfortable and then burn the 2 acres yourself. Or you could reach out to your local FSA office or firehouse and see if they offer prescribed fire services.
What is the mixture for the drip torch?
60% Diesel 40% Gasoline
What do you call that burner tool?
That is called a drip torch
@@Whitetail_Properties great, thanks!
my neighbours get butthurt whenever we burn stuff in the yard
Geee can it because their whole house clothes every smell like burnt stuff........ might be a good reason
Check out I burn for for money give him some tips good video!
I've always wondered why people backburn to prevent fires when backburning is more likely to make fires worse.
In the early days of metallurgy, before people discovered coal, there was an entire industry built around charcoal burners. They used to burn wood to a point where it tuned to charcoal and then store it for use in kilns. They did this because they discovered that it caught fire a lot easier and burned a lot hotter than timber.
When you backburn you do pretty much the same thing. You cover the forest floor with one of the best things humans ever invented for lighting a fire.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing!
Charcoal appears during burning with low oxygen levels, when the combustion doesn't complete fully, kind of “partial/pre-burnt wood”. Those are rather complex conditions to ensure, and rather hard to make to charcoal, not burning the wood completely.
Burning the stuff “in the wild”, on a large well-ventilated (well-oxygenated) area, will likely do a ”full burn”, so the wood will turn into the ash rather than into the charcoal.
@Hawkesworth1712 But try to get enough charcoal from a Grass Fire 🔥 to see if your theory works ¿?¿?¿ It will only be able to get some charcoal from the Fire if it has a bunch of Woody plants that didn't burn Up... And A Successful Backfire will eliminate any kind of rogue plants and dead Grass areas to promote Grass growth and If you tried to get any charcoal from the Grass Fire it will just crumble in your hands and be like a charcoal smudge Ash or Indian Face paint but not dangerous like that your saying....
@hawkesworth1712
Now if you have ever watched any Fire Videos like Cal Fire TV on RUclips. They show that they are setting a backfire At the edge of the road and then you realize after watching it, that Fire 🔥 has no fuel source to back up to At the road edge but it's going to be a Head fire instead and cause Major Damage cause the wind is Now pushing the Fire ahead, and not slowly backing the Fire 🔥 but they lit it At the road side and the wind direction is key to a successful backfire and pushed the Fire 🔥 to the many houses that where burnt 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Up and They went ahead and said in the video that they were lighting up the Backfire At the road and a backfire goes against the Wind direction, but they did it with the wind direction and the Fire Race was on to try and stop it 🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑 but it wasn't a backfire now, it's now called a Headfire and out of control and it blew up overnight from what the TV News says.... and They wonder 🤔 Why that Happened........
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Who ever talks about all the insects, small mamals, etc. that painfully burn alive in any fire ?
Nobody😢
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"Hay World Bring out the truth or else it will be too late " In India, Bhutan, Myanmar, papua new guinea also have forests as well as scorching heat, in the Himalayas there are same kind of trees like Europe, America, Canada, Brazil as well as Danes forest even the public is less expert, poor but no wild fire - what does it means ? There is never a wild fire there, have you ever heard it? The world will have to think again, what is this mystery?
Why only Europe, Brazil, Australia, Canada? (think again why this developed land lords only ?)
No wild fire in South Africa? Bring out the truth or else it will be too late, some most developed brains are on way to kill entire earth more early then the expected ....need just few gentleman who can help to bring the truth before the world....nothing seems natural if natural why no fire in africa, afghan, china, Papua papua new guinea ?
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Holistic Management , cell grazing is a far more eco friendly way to consume thatch and bring back green pasture
Bee Winfield
Grazing alone will not eliminate non-native, invasive species. However, burning the non-native grasses in this case allowed the native seeds in the seed bank to germinate and dominate this site, without planting one seed. Native species are much more beneficial for both pollinators and also wildlife species for cover and browse. A lot of non-native species - for example, fescue, were brought over to North America for livestock grazing purposes - because they are resistant to grazing, so, grazing will not eliminate them. The most effective way to eliminate non-native grasses is a proper herbicide application and burning.
@@Whitetail_Properties thanks for your reply, I am from Western Australia and we plant fescue and hope it survives because it is great grazing. I guess its complex and I dont know your terrain, eco system or objectives but as a general principle applicable everywhere, and as stated by Allan Savory and Aussie Peter Andrews (great landscape restoration experts),we have to manage plants and animals to maximise soil microbe numbers and diversity. We Need to graze down the carbon into the soil , out of the air. We must not add to CO2 with burns and herbicide , both sure fire ways to degrade the soil and bring up weeds and invasive species. Over here they burn the bush every 6 years , thats way too frequent . Naturally a lightening strike may ignite a bushfire once every 20 years . That is fine and awakens native seeds like you say. But too frequent burning is very different and leads to poor soil that grows only flammable weeds . So you have seen the return of healthy native prairie grasses after a burn? And do you then rotational graze that? How often do you burn the same patch?
@@Whitetail_Properties Im really sorry to be a pain but our cattle would have loved to eat all that feed you just sprayed and burnt. Im sure you are stopping the rain and raising the global temp by spraying and burning. Grazing produces a manure covered field that feeds the soil and grows tons of green solar panels (healthy plants) after rain. Our rain has nearly stopped because people burn and spray and get rid of plants, the great water cycle pumps that suck down atmospheric CO2 and store it as humus, and send water into the sky as rain clouds . The young cattle or sheep become the best human nutrition . The carbon cycle, water cycle and eco services of good soil is enhanced . What you are doing is bad, and you are encouraging others to do it too. Please re consider this practice Tenessee man xxxx
@@beewinfield
Depending on the objective a site is burned every 3-5 years. And yes - to your question regarding the return of native grasses after a burn - in most cases, that is exactly why we burn. Generally, our object is to maintain good cover and browse for game species such as white tailed deer and upland game birds such as quail and pheasants. Non-native species such as fescue and brome grasses have no benefit for native wildlife - which is why they need to be controlled/eliminated. We are not grazing livestock, we are supporting and improving wildlife habitat.
@beewinfield having to much manure on the field that didn't work it's way into the ground will cause Dead Spots and Even when you feed them bale's of Hay that didn't get All ate up it will also be area's of Dead Spots. Unless you take the tractor out and rake it up and re-bale it up and you don't get much but you have added more Pollution than just burning it off every 3 years and by burning it off your adding nutrients back to the soil and ALOT of times the manure still hasn't started to dissolve yet but burning the pasture will help with the manure and dead Grass areas to promote Grass growth and I burn my pasture every other year and will this year and about 2 or 3 week's after the burn , the Dead Spots are starting to get some new growth and it seems to be more beneficial to the land than overgrazing with cattle and If the cattle are not eating it and it takes some time for it to be returned to the ground, from what they didn't eat and if it's too thick for New growth to be able to push thru, it becomes a Dead Spot and Must be picked up or burnt 🔥 and when you have alot of acres, to do this with hoping for the cow's to eat it all or just take a tractor and try to re-bale it and add to the pollution more than just burning it off and getting new growth and making it healthier than using just Manure and Hope....
To dry to hot killing country
Allthough it gives a positive result in the end, I'd still feel bad and like a pyromaniac setting nature on fire
Once you witness the positive impact of fire you stop feeling bad.
This is very wrong technique
Why not just take it out and throw it away ?
Instead of lighting it on fire
Dr Beth Shultz says, there is far more scientists saying untold harm is occuring to climate, ecosystems and humans than saying otherwise. Our Winter periods are not wet or overcast these days , leading to fuel load failing to decompose. Why is this? Climate change. Whats caused CC? Burning. Bush, Indonesian rainforest, Amazon rain forest, coal, petroleum . So terrible you are burning Karri, something NAtive Australians never did
Educate yourself. Native Americans used fire for centuries. Fire is a natural and needed tool for healthy forest management.
How to destroy the environment, twice: First spray with nasty chemicals, then burn everything which releases not only CO2 but other GHG
Co2 is also released in normal breakdown of plant material.
Right and beneficial to plant life
Why do you people exist
Management of resources
Have you ever used a weed torch, with a VersaMule modular load harness?
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Great info
Glad you found it helpful!!