Burn Baby Burn

Well we finally attempted a burn, despite the recent rainfall, moisture and high humidity.

Pros and cons of burning in less than ideal conditions like these are:

Pros:

We were able to train new personnel on how to conduct a burn.

We were able to test new equipment that we haven't used before.

We learn something new on every burn, like even with high humidity a fire can, will and did jump the firebreak, much to our surprise. We only burned about 30 acres.

Cons:

Not really a complete burn (due to high moisture content in the leaf litter) and doesn't realize our management objectives.

Lot of work getting ready and putting everything away for such a small burn.

Gary and Savannah helping with the burn

Merritt mopping up with the swatter

300 gallon sprayer stuck deep in the mud

Doyle couldn't get enough of torching the place.

Equipment assembled prior to burning