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Re: to trim or not ???

Sure, send some photos.

At 02:00 PM 05/01/2001 EDT, you wrote:
>Some distinction should be made between burning based on sound science and 
>burning based on tradition. Spring burning is rooted in European settlement 
>practices while in presettlement times both lightning caused fires and 
>man-caused fires were primarily in the summer and fall months. In Missouri
we 
>have done a great deal of research into the effects of seasonal burning on 
>both insects and plants. We found that winter and spring burning causes the 
>vegetation to become dominated by warm season grasses while fall and summer 
>burning causes a shift toward forb domination (ie. flowers). In fact, summer 
>and spring burns are at the opposite ends of the spectrum of results. If you 
>want to see a lot of flowers then burn in the summer. If you want almost all 
>warm season grasses then burn in the spring. I can show you photos that can 
>easily illustrate this point.
>
>Doug Ledoux
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Bob Wernerehl
Community Ecologist - The Blue Mounds Area Project
8237 Sweeney Road
Barneveld, WI  53507
608-795-4244
email: rwernere@midplains.net
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