Why I am burning this land #nature

I think that the reintroduction of fire is one of the most critical actions that we can take in not only preserving native North American ecology but promoting native edible species. What a win-win!

You can read reports from the USDA and US Forest Service on fire adaptations of species like Amelanchier alnifolia (Serviceberry) and Prunus pumila (Sand Cherry). Fire creates an opportunity for these smaller trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants to get access to sunlight that taller trees would otherwise block.

Please check out the work that @NativeHabitatProject is doing and consider supporting them in their endeavors!

#fire #ecology #prescribedfire #rxfire #foraging #nativeplants

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[FeralForaging]

I think that the reintroduction of fire is one of the most critical actions that we can take in not only preserving native North American ecology but promoting native edible species. What a win-win!

You can read reports from the USDA and US Forest Service on fire adaptations of species like Amelanchier alnifolia (Serviceberry) and Prunus pumila (Sand Cherry). Fire creates an opportunity for these smaller trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants to get access to sunlight that taller trees would otherwise block.

Please check out the work that @nativehabitatproject is doing and consider supporting them in their endeavors!

#fire #ecology #prescribedfire #rxfire #foraging #nativeplants

[Faded.Illuminated]

It's called a control burn. Got to do 6 of them with NC dept of Forestry

[arcies]

Vitally important work, that far too few are doing. Thank you.

[AOSChrisMiller]

It adds biochar back to the ecosystem, which holds good bacteria and water. Further helping the land. Fire is my thing! Can't wait to share! My bigfoot stuff took a U turn that made switching gears difficult. Our collaboration is gonna happen! Lol good share

[spiderg]

That's so cool I love their work!

[marleymars]

Kind of have the opposite problem in the sonoran due to invasives causing fires and killing cacti and such. But i wonder if precribed burns would also help

[twistedfrannie]

Growing up in rural Nova Scotia, Canada our whole community would burn our fields, we would come together and burn one at a time armed with spruce boughs to knock the fire down if it started taking off, it would only take a couple days to do everyone's property.

[rustyclaymore]

It's easy to keep fire under control, until it isn't.

[horneytoaster]

Wait. I live in centra Texas and often see control burns. That’s not a thing everywhere?

[NMgardening]

California and New Mexico already had enough fire 💀

[zeroheroes]

It's not all good. From UN "Ironically, far from stimulating growth, agricultural burning actually reduces water retention and soil fertility by 25 to 30 per cent, and thus requires farmers to invest in expensive fertilizers and irrigation systems to compensate.  Black carbon can also modify rainfall patterns, especially the Asian monsoon, disrupting the weather events necessary to support agriculture.

“Burned lands actually have lower fertility and higher erosion rates, requiring farmers to overcompensate with fertilizer, ” says Pam Pearson, Director of the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative, which has worked with farmers globally to introduce fire-free cultivation. 

“The no-burn alternatives, such as incorporating stubble back into fields or even planting right through the stubble, almost always save the farmer money.”

Pearson notes that changing the long-established habit of burning agricultural waste will require education, awareness-raising and capacity-building for farmers. It is a lofty undertaking, but the impacts would be considerable and far-reaching. Reducing air pollution from farms in Northern India, for example, could prevent increased flooding and drought caused by black carbon accelerating the melting of Himalayan ice and glaciers – a life-changing outcome to the billions who depend on rivers fed by those mountains."

[MrDudetheassassin]

Man I would love to see that I’m prison