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Co-op sparks interest in fire to improve N.D. grasslands for cattle, wildlife | News, Sports, Jobs

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Photo by The Nature Conservancy
A fire crew
watches over a
prescribed burn
in North Dakota.
On a sunny day last May, Craig Larson saw 110 acres of grassland on his ranch in Sheridan County go up flames. Driven by a steady breeze, the fire chewed quickly through the heavy thatch on the soil surface. The two-foot tall orange flames seemed alive as they leapt over each other. White smoke billowed into the blue sky.
But Larson didn’t despair.
It was a planned burn being done by the North Dakota Prescribed Fire Cooperative (NDPFC) – a coalition led by Audubon Dakota that provides landowners with prescribed burns to improve grasslands for cattle and wildlife and demonstrate the value of fire as a grassland management tool. ....

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Harness fire to improve grassland

Courtesy of The Nature Conservancy
LIGHT IT UP: A fire crew watches over a prescribed burn in North Dakota. This type of controlled system allows for burning of vegetation to improve grassland regrowth along with enhanced plant diversity.
Farmer sees increased forage output after a prescribed burn.
Dec 17, 2020
Craig Larson saw 110 acres of grassland on his ranch in Sheridan County, N.D., go up flames. Driven by a steady breeze, the fire chewed quickly through the heavy thatch on the soil surface. The 2-foot-tall orange flames seemed alive as they leapt over each other. White smoke billowed into the blue sky. ....

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