This invasive plant can greatly reduce forage productivity. Learn important measures you can take to prevent its spread.
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Using hinge cuts on mid and understory hardwood trees is a simple management tool that can increase browse and bedding cover availability fo...
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Learn forest management practices that can increase your land’s resiliency to drought and other stressors, improve growth rates, a...
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The importance of forest roads and consideration of their proper design is frequently neglected by forest landowners. Some forests such as w...
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In a flanking fire, personnel set lines of fire directly into the wind. The intensity of flanking fires is moderate, with less intensity tha...
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The following video provides an introduction to prescribed fire ignition techniques. A prescribed fire is a fire set intentionally to achiev...
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The point source fire ignition technique is a modified version of a strip/head fire. Instead of lines, personnel leave spots of fire as they...
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In a backing fire, the fire moves against the wind. Backing fires exhibit the slowest rate of speed and the lowest intensity. In the followi...
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Piles from logging slash are typically burned by igniting the perimeter of the piles. Piles burn best when they are dry and do not contain t...
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In head fires, the fire travels in the same direction as the wind. Head fires produce the fastest rate of spread, highest flame lengths, and...
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In this third installment of a four-part series, you will learn how weather influences prescribed fire behavior.
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Wild pigs are an invasive species that drastically impacts native ecosystems. Wild pigs can quickly outcompete native wildlife through their...
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