Prescribed Fire

Written by Dakota Wagner, Originally posted by ForestHer NC. Above Photo by Angela Gaskell (SPBA).

Time & Location

May 04, 5:00 PM EDT – May 06, 8:00 PM EDT

LighterWood Farm in Moore County, West End, NC 27376, USA

 

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Oct 17, 2022 12:30 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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By Gloria Erickson, as told to Ashley McFarland. Reposted from Minnesota Women’s Press. See the original article here.

By Dakota Wagner, Forest Stewards Guild and North Carolina ForestHer

It’s important to remember that wildfire season will not be cancelled, even in the time of a global pandemic. Here are some steps you can take to mitigate the risk before the fire happens.

Trees provide shelter and food to the wildlife that live on your land, they hold the soil and protect it from erosion, they provide the air we all breathe, products you use everyday come from tree, and they provide us a place to walk, enjoy the peace and quiet we find in nature.  However trees take decades to grow tall and strong.  Are you preparing your woods for the next generation of trees?  Are your woods healthy?  Learn about how to evaluate your woods. 

Then make your woods healthier with these activities:

Whether natural or man-made, fires have always had a hand in shaping the world’s forests.

Are you interested in learning about Forestry Projects, Management Plans, and Legacy Planning?

This Ladies for their Land workshop will focus on all things prescribe burning. Why it is important and the benefits, how to prescribe burn, what and when to burn, and other considerations for burning: wildlife impacts, longleaf pine, and long-term goals. 

Hosted in Cochran, Georgia this workshop will focus on everything prescribe burning (why to do it, things to consider, benefits, etc), and if weather works out planning to perform a live demonstration on site.

On a warm morning in August, several local community members from Ramah, New Mexico gathered at the Old El Morro School Art Gallery for a workshop on Women and Wildfire Home Defense. This beautiful area near the Cibola National Forest in western New Mexico is home to a small artists community, beautiful mountain vistas, and fire adapted ecosystems. Some of the women that showed up included a local restaurant owner, artists, and a local volunteer fire fighter.

Ponderosa pine forests of the Southwest are home to the native bark beetle. However, human influence, denser forests, and increased temperatures and drought events have led to recent bark beetle outbreaks that threaten the health of ponderosa stands. Where dead trees stand, fire can move as much as three times more rapidly, creating dangerous conditions for firefighters and residents. Restoration treatments can be used to help restore the balance needed in ponderosa pine ecosystems.