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Re: burn

In a message dated 4/12/00 8:14:22 AM Central Daylight Time, 
thomas.rosburg@drake.edu writes:

> I would recommend that you refrain from "tidying" up after a burn (unless 
you 
> can really justify on solid biologically grounds, for example a desire for 
> seed production instead of a maintenance of a natural community).  Natural 
> burns were most certainly very patchy, and that patchiness is an important 
> component of the heterogeneity in a community.  Unburned patches can serve 
as 
> refugia for sensitive insect or plant species.

Thanks very much for your information.  The area that did not burn well was 
the part of the field that gets rain runoff from the house and driveway.  It 
was already extremely green and did not burn at all.  My interest was in 
eliminating the many years of debris covering the ground.  Everything looks 
good and is greening back up quickly as we are having quite a bit of rain 
this month.

I will follow your advice in the future, but also will burn earlier as our 
growing season starts much earlier than in the midwest.


Carmen
"Never underestimate the power of denial."  Ricky in American Beauty
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