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Practitioner’s Lessons from Shaken Creek Preserve

Practitioner’s Lessons from Shaken Creek Preserve. Seth Ward, CF, RF President & Allen Olmstead Burn Boss . Who We A re. Forestry & Environmental Consulting Firm Service Lines Include: Forest Management Prescribed Burning GIS Wildlife Management Wetland Delineation & Permitting

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Practitioner’s Lessons from Shaken Creek Preserve

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  1. Practitioner’s Lessons from Shaken Creek Preserve Seth Ward, CF, RF President & Allen Olmstead Burn Boss

  2. Who We Are • Forestry & Environmental Consulting Firm • Service Lines Include: • Forest Management • Prescribed Burning • GIS • Wildlife Management • Wetland Delineation & Permitting • Timber Inventory • Land Management Planning • Timber Sale Management

  3. Burn Crew • Komatsu LGP Dozer • Modified C-frame • Fire Plow • Brush Truck • 200 gal • Staff of at least 4 • ATV mounted drip torch

  4. Shaken Creek Preserve • Located in Pender County • 6,057 Acres • Owned by The Nature Conservancy • Fire Secluded for 20+ years • Site Characteristics • Sand Ridges-Pine/Wiregrass • Pocosin-Bay/Gallberry • Creek Bottoms • Burning Program Started 2005 • Currently obtaining 3rd burn rotation

  5. Shaken Creek Preserve

  6. Landowner Objectives • Reintroduce fire to the landscape • Create natural fire regime • Improve wildlife habitat • Improve rare and endangered plant habitat

  7. First Steps Burn Block Layout • Natural Boundaries • Creeks and Swamps • Artificial Boundaries • Roads, Powerlines, and Firelines • Previously Burnt Blocks

  8. Fireline Techniques • Flat Firelines • Installed with the C-frame • Wetlines • Using Soft Boundaries

  9. Ignition Techniques • Weather Parameters • Wind Direction and Humidity • Using Wiregrass Ridges • Seasons of Burns • Dormant Season • Growing Season • Late Growing Season

  10. Shaken Creek Preserve

  11. Questions? Thank You Seth A. Ward, CF, RF President PremierForesty@gmail.com www.PremierForestry.net

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