Traditional Timing of Prescribed Burns Creates Missed Opportunities

Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 09:30 in Earth & Climate

Land managers know the benefits of prescribed burning of fields, grasslands, and forests, but finding an appropriate time to conduct a burn can pose a problem. If weather doesn't cooperate in the typical late winter/early spring time frame, a burn may be put off until another year. This can cause increased costs when workload and land management goals are not met.

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