Re: in favor of fall burns, microbes and megafauna

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• Subject: Re: in favor of fall burns, microbes and megafauna
• From: L*@aol.com
• Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 21:05:57 EDT

Hello all

One thing Carl didn't mention, is that in Iowa, most native prairies and 
reconstructions are surrounded with some of the approximately twenty million 
acres of warm season annual grass (Zea Mays).  People get really upset about 
burning corn!  

Carl is definitely correct about the loss of habitat.  Iowa is a biological 
desert!  Without our few remaining areas of native cover there would be no 
winter cover.

However, I do believe that an occasional burn during "any" season can benefit 
a natural community here in Iowa.

Loren
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