While they plant seeds and spray weeds, Susan and coworkers have been keeping track of bird species seen or heard. The list at end of this post has 55 species.…

We thought we were finished with burns for spring 2013 but there had been one burn on our list which we had not done. This was a small but difficult…

With our burns over, we have quickly started getting seeds on the ground in selected burn units. One of the major uses of a burn is to clear the site…

At Pleasant Valley Conservancy, leading up to this growing season, we burned more acres this year than ever. This includes the burns of last fall as well as those of…

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Yesterday afternoon we burned 31 acres of savannas and oak woodlands, thus finishing our upland burns for this season. Fire line just starting to move into a white oak woods.…

Our friendly NOAA weather site promised us a single sunny day stuck in between lots of rainy days, so we burned. Although we still have lots of savanna areas (and…

The striking difference between the early spring weather in 2012 and 2013 is noteworthy. This year's long, cold spring is not unheard of. If anything, it was the very early…

After a very cold March and major snow drifts, things finally warmed up a bit and we were able to do some major burns. The weather was cold but clear…

Most of the literature on oak regeneration deals with silvicultural matters, such as production of oaks for harvest. Oak regeneration must also be considered in savanna restoration, because the large,…