I have seen the news around Bastrop but I ]had a totally different experience. I have been working our place to improve the habitat with hopes of attracting more birds. Obvious thing to do was to thin out the brush and understory an open the place up for birds to utilize it more. I had done several burns myself but wanted to start taking bigger bites. I have a cousin that is a biologist with TPWD and my MLD biologist who helped plan the burns. Long story short, we prepared all the fire lanes and they showed up with 8 folks and a bunch of kit. Burns went off without a hitch and I am very happy with the results. Really appreciate the TPWD crew and the knowledge they brought to the table. If you are inexperienced or just want to learn more about prescribed burns, I would definitely look into this resource.
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They are the way to go, but if you do them long enough something will sooner or later go awry…. As we just witnessed in Bastrop. I used to do them all the time in my place in east tx. Always without a hitch. And then there was that one time… thank God we lit a small block and thankfully we had very good fire breaks…. Because that stuff just took off and it got up into the pines. It was a full on pucker moment…. And the conditions were perfect for burning. To this day I have no idea why the fire reacted the way I did. I have done very little since then.
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Originally posted by andre3k View PostI definitely need this at my property. Whats the process to plan the burn and get the ball rolling and what are the costs?
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Originally posted by andre3k View PostI definitely need this at my property. Whats the process to plan the burn and get the ball rolling and what are the costs?
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Started with contracting the biologist.
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Originally posted by andre3k View PostI definitely need this at my property. Whats the process to plan the burn and get the ball rolling and what are the costs?
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Interesting to read this, last year we got with our Texas Parks and wildlife biologist, to discuss a prescribed burn on our place in freestone county, would like to burn about 350 acres in total he told us Texas Parks and wildlife would not do it anymore due to the liability of the fire getting away from them. He referred us to USDA, Ended up talking to the soil conservation office and the NRCS office, long story short no one would help us, due to liability of the fire getting away. Our place would be about it safe to burn has any one I ever ever seen, it’s bordered on two sides by the trinity river and third side by a large Creek.
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Originally posted by redfishted View PostInteresting to read this, last year we got with our Texas Parks and wildlife biologist, to discuss a prescribed burn on our place in freestone county, would like to burn about 350 acres in total he told us Texas Parks and wildlife would not do it anymore due to the liability of the fire getting away from them. He referred us to USDA, Ended up talking to the soil conservation office and the NRCS office, long story short no one would help us, due to liability of the fire getting away. Our place would be about it safe to burn has any one I ever ever seen, it’s bordered on two sides by the trinity river and third side by a large Creek.
Interesting, I called our local NRCS guy and he basically talked my plan through with me and said go for it. I wasn’t seeking their help, though, so that may be the difference.
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