FARGO – The North Dakota Prescribed Fire Cooperative is hosting a Prescribed Fire Workshop on Tuesday, May 7, with a rain date scheduled for Tuesday, May 14,
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.
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.
On a sunny day last May, 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.
But Larson didnât despair.
It was a planned burn being done by the North Dakota Prescribed Fire Cooperative â 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.