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Re: Prairie Maintenance Costs - BURN COSTS


In a message dated 1/20/99 10:01:56 PM, you wrote:

>tpimg@sherbtel.net (Rome Hutchings)
>
>If you dont mind.... could you give where some of these costs came from?
>
>We are a burn contractor working in the Chicago Metro area in IL.  The costs
>you have given would not even cover our insurance ??  Having done LOTS of
>burns on corporate properties on these types of blue grass conversions no
>corporate land owner will even think about letting a burn happen with out
full
>insurance coverage in place.. Any other costs from others on the list would
be
>appreciated...
>
>Also, are these actual costs from projects done.. or projected costs...  The
>Chicago Metro area has done a lot of these types of corporate conversions of
>bluegrass.. one of the early problems here has been cost figures that were
>projected by restorationists not familiar with actual costs for contracted
>work... 
>
>Thanks
>Bob Stanton
>Prescribed Fire Consulting
>219 Republic Rd.
>Batavia, IL 60510
>
>
>tpimg@sherbtel.net (Rome Hutchings) wrote
> 
> Here are some numbers we have used for cost justification on installation.
> 
> PRAIRIE: (one acre)
> Herbicide=$112.00
> Discing=$60.00
> Harrowing=$53.00
> Drilling=$73.00    ( Chicago Area site prep costs for prairie
installation...
>+/- $ 400 per acre)
>
>
> 1st year burn=$48.00
> 2nd year burn=$48.00
> 3rd year burn=$100.00
>
>Costs for burns on commercial sites will vary from as much as $ 1,000 per
acre
>( costs to mobilize a crew to a site for a small 1 acre instalation and lose
a
>burning day) to $ 200 per acre for larger units in more rural areas... 
>
>
> Seed=750.00   ( Chicago Area Seed costs.... range depending on seed mix
>used.. need to plan on  $ 1,250 - 1,500 per acre)
> Total=$1419.  00 >>


Here in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa, those costs are extremely high!  We
just seeded 1/3 of an acre for 99.00 (not including cost of seeding, since we
used kids to hand broadcast).  As for the cost of burning - we have companies
in the State that charge a  $100.00 - 200.00 base fee, plus 6.00/acre and
mileage.  Granted many of the burns are conducted in areas that are not within
the metropolitan.

Susanne Hickey
Omaha, NE
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