tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774004683471521654.post728508377870977350..comments2024-03-27T02:20:56.245-05:00Comments on Travels with Emma: Prescribed burnsTravels with Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00411769980205792011noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774004683471521654.post-25026927385033443832012-03-22T23:37:08.956-05:002012-03-22T23:37:08.956-05:00Last summer, Gulf State Park in AL had a huge fire...Last summer, Gulf State Park in AL had a huge fire started by a camper dumping hot coals in their campsite. This winter, the snowbirds were all upset because all the trees were gone. They confined the fire to the wooded area and the campsites and buildings were untouched. While we were there, you could see the changes almost daily. The biggest change was the number of birds now in this area. Other years you were lucky if you saw a couple.Fondanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774004683471521654.post-38422558659441804572012-03-21T12:09:29.802-05:002012-03-21T12:09:29.802-05:00Down here in Honduras they seem to burn off fields...Down here in Honduras they seem to burn off fields and roadsides on a regular basis. As a bonus on the roadsides it also burns the trash left there. No long-term ill results that I've seen, although it does indeed look dramatic right after it's burned.Shadowmosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17302898633500446571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774004683471521654.post-90454616716897784752012-03-20T14:19:48.366-05:002012-03-20T14:19:48.366-05:00I've witnessed controlled burns of prairie in ...I've witnessed controlled burns of prairie in the midwest and it is fascinating to see how quickly it all comes back. Like the Wet Savanna to maintain prairies the burns are necessary and a thing mother nature use to do regularly before man intervened and stated crowding out the prairie. Great photos.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263191567454481794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774004683471521654.post-60445748094516068122012-03-20T11:32:18.339-05:002012-03-20T11:32:18.339-05:00I love that they are now calling them "prescr...I love that they are now calling them "prescribed burns" instead of "controlled burns". I'm guessing one got out of control? I have a friend who participates in burns in a local state park. The weather conditions have to be just right or it gets cancelled. No one want a prescribed burn to get out of control.Linda Sandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734450335251336493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774004683471521654.post-28553963493573464002012-03-20T10:44:12.681-05:002012-03-20T10:44:12.681-05:00grew up in country, my dad had us burn our acreage...grew up in country, my dad had us burn our acreage every year...of course we hated it because the grass came in so pretty and grew so well (we were the ones cutting it !)<br />Kind of like the saying 'out with the old , in with the new"Donna W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05019476423396804316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774004683471521654.post-44922559645947091432012-03-20T09:21:21.285-05:002012-03-20T09:21:21.285-05:00Great before and after pictures. Thanks for postin...Great before and after pictures. Thanks for posting.Catherine, Jo Beth and Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06889362286725037937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774004683471521654.post-31136262830423737652012-03-20T09:14:42.726-05:002012-03-20T09:14:42.726-05:00Thanks for the great post today Judy ~ it is very ...Thanks for the great post today Judy ~ it is very informative. I know they are needed but they are ugly for a while after...<br />Have fun & Travel safe<br />Donnasquawmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06814752309515986976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774004683471521654.post-71469939115273454782012-03-20T09:10:37.431-05:002012-03-20T09:10:37.431-05:00Those guys and maybe gals (hard to tell in gear) h...Those guys and maybe gals (hard to tell in gear) have an important job. To many people want to interfere and try to stop this. Then when a really bad fire happens they start in on who's fault it was.JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05658713978278693047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774004683471521654.post-39249947097182174762012-03-20T08:03:44.846-05:002012-03-20T08:03:44.846-05:00You have such a large following that your posts mu...You have such a large following that your posts must do a lot towards educating folks. Too many people don't understand the need for fires... and a controlled burn is so much better than a wild fire or forest fire! Good Post!The Odd Essayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17168404014947652773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774004683471521654.post-10930044687960767762012-03-20T08:00:15.584-05:002012-03-20T08:00:15.584-05:00Great work, Judy. Looking forward to pics from yo...Great work, Judy. Looking forward to pics from your day trip.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372145654394782677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774004683471521654.post-36367199880933445182012-03-20T07:05:26.341-05:002012-03-20T07:05:26.341-05:00i use to do many prescribed burns for Texas Parks ...i use to do many prescribed burns for Texas Parks and Wildlife and when I left no one took my lead and they quit doing them... last Bastrop State Park got wiped out by wildfire and had they continued my recommended management plan and burned it more frequently it would likely had been spared much of the damage is sustained...heyduke50https://www.blogger.com/profile/14927304490275027002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774004683471521654.post-82571213957106602252012-03-20T05:36:34.879-05:002012-03-20T05:36:34.879-05:00We saw the same thing happening at Yellowstone whe...We saw the same thing happening at Yellowstone when we visited after one of the fires ... it wasn't a prescribed burn, but rather mother nature at work ... by the time we went there a year later, there was a lot of evidence of new growth.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08333995679958103393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774004683471521654.post-1079849369262420292012-03-20T01:12:45.081-05:002012-03-20T01:12:45.081-05:00This is a good thing to share. Most people have n...This is a good thing to share. Most people have no clue about the benefits of fire in the wilderness. Has to happen. Just unfortunate that homes can go up with the flames if they've been built in the wrong place. Mother Nature WILL prevail in all cases.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523653271715366168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774004683471521654.post-41184516436403169162012-03-20T00:37:29.998-05:002012-03-20T00:37:29.998-05:00interesting how the controlled burn is good for th...interesting how the controlled burn is good for the ecosystem..thanks for the lesson!!Sue and Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11436889944386917688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774004683471521654.post-35080793828346047022012-03-20T00:02:57.166-05:002012-03-20T00:02:57.166-05:00We have so much dead and flammable brush in our wo...We have so much dead and flammable brush in our woods that if there is a wild fire it will go fast. Right now of course everything is wet, but in a few months we will be living on a potential bomb. If you look hard enough you can find a few burned fence posts or a charred hollow in a redwood giving evidence to fire long past. We see a few in the mountains around us every year. Most of the land is privately owned, in small parcels, so a proscribed burn could never be organized.Merikayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378095339747943548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774004683471521654.post-88990594940064629562012-03-19T22:53:39.582-05:002012-03-19T22:53:39.582-05:00I knew nothing about a controlled burned. Thanks s...I knew nothing about a controlled burned. Thanks so much for sharing your photos and knowledge. This was really interesting. ~wheresweaverPaul and Marsha Weaver OCT. 17, 2009https://www.blogger.com/profile/04066424117005030170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774004683471521654.post-21663205510521514442012-03-19T22:47:35.611-05:002012-03-19T22:47:35.611-05:00Thanks Judy that was interestingThanks Judy that was interestingSusan and Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07794549126336412629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774004683471521654.post-85621470791295406582012-03-19T21:50:42.309-05:002012-03-19T21:50:42.309-05:00I understand the importance of prescribed burns in...I understand the importance of prescribed burns in keeping down the undergrowth and in nourishing the soil for new growth, but the results I witnessed at Lassen in 2009 made me feel sick. I didn't get back the next year to see the good results, but the burned area looks like destruction right after a fire. It's a good thing nature reacts positively to this sort of thing.Gypsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052445200220681513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774004683471521654.post-27446747200285151832012-03-19T21:45:01.012-05:002012-03-19T21:45:01.012-05:00The saw palmetto is quick to rise again after a fi...The saw palmetto is quick to rise again after a fire. Find a niche and fill it! That's its motto. We saw a lot of it in recently burned forest in Florida.The Good Luck Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08448071993000984393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774004683471521654.post-71477324612616008312012-03-19T21:33:22.899-05:002012-03-19T21:33:22.899-05:00A burned forest is actually "reforestation&qu...A burned forest is actually "reforestation" in my opinion...fun to watch what happens after a burn... the phoenix rises from the ashes.Dennis and Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07320009741335075781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774004683471521654.post-57520317288996545852012-03-19T21:10:11.754-05:002012-03-19T21:10:11.754-05:00I've been reading about the wildfires at Mesa ...I've been reading about the wildfires at Mesa Verde N.P. that happened in the year 2000. The books states "It is doubtful that the ancestral Puebloans experienced any catastrophic wildfires. They did not suppress the natural fire cycle and they used dead wood for cooking and heating."Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01019364333876469130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774004683471521654.post-89593718758108523542012-03-19T21:04:27.870-05:002012-03-19T21:04:27.870-05:00I never would have believed that a fire could be s...I never would have believed that a fire could be so beneficial until you showed the before and after pictures and explained it so well. Do you show this kind of thing to visitors to the refuge? It is certainly informational.<br /><br />http://travelinglongdogs.blogspot.com/TravelingLongdogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07562207397650862936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774004683471521654.post-10939845071085969772012-03-19T20:51:50.262-05:002012-03-19T20:51:50.262-05:00Excellent job of showing the importance of the bur...Excellent job of showing the importance of the burns. Great pictures!Sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00328866430156879312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774004683471521654.post-66775281091366035662012-03-19T20:41:55.031-05:002012-03-19T20:41:55.031-05:00Very interesting to see the before and after pictu...Very interesting to see the before and after pictures of the controlled burn.Carol Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428623116947826625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774004683471521654.post-54808818956079552992012-03-19T20:19:29.230-05:002012-03-19T20:19:29.230-05:00Your pictures sure illustrate the effectiveness of...Your pictures sure illustrate the effectiveness of a controlled burn. Thanks Judy.John Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775467781360772348noreply@blogger.com