Controlled burns

 Levi Elfrink 

Controlled burning 

Controlled burning is something that needs to be done, plain and simple. It is how you, for lack of a better term, “reset” the ground for either harvesting crops or habitat management. This mode of habitat management is not always appreciated due to supposed “unknown” or “unsafe” variables while completing this task. To get the safest outcome one must understand that the wind must be very low or nonexistent. It also takes a full team of roughly 8 people to cover all ground and you may need more people depending on the size of the area being burnt. Before you go burn it is understood to contact your local fire and police department so they know whether or not to attend and supply aid. If you grow up on a farm you can rent equipment that is consistent of, two water backpacks with a pump hose that sprays water, you get two, high power, backpack leaf blowers that are activated to same as a typical leaf blower, you also get four rakes, a metal torch, and finally a trailer that hauls it all. It is a very interesting concept that my family and I have done multiple times and in multiple places at our farm. My link shares a deeper insight as to the science of why this method is used.



https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/controlled-burning/

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  1. Rasmus SvenssonMarch 9, 2021 at 10:26 PM

    I read somewhere that if in Australia, they had used this kind of technics while the bushfire was going on, the damage would not have been the same. I also read somewhere that the aboriginals used controlled burning to avoid big fires that could be life-threatening. I didn't know that they use the same kind of method here. I really found your post interesting because I learn a lot of interesting facts.

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  2. Teagan LovinMarch 10, 2021 at 7:05 AM

    I understand people have to do control burns but some people are not safe with it and do it when it’s super dry or super windy outside which cause problems

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