Prescribed Burn Scheduled for Chadron State Park

Bumpus · 09-30-2008, 09:11 PM

NGPC news release, 9/30/08:

CHADRON, Neb. — The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission in cooperation with the Nebraska Forest Service (NFS) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) will conduct a prescribed burn between Oct. 20 and Dec. 31 at Chadron State Park (SP), depending upon local weather conditions.

The Commission’s primary goal of this burn is to reduce logging slash and accumulated fuels available for a possible wildfire in the ponderosa pine forest at Chadron SP. Approximately 330 acres of park forest were selectively harvested and thinned to reduce forest density from 2001 to 2005. By incrementally eliminating the remaining logging slash and other accumulated fuels on the thinned forest acres over the next five to 15 years, the Commission hopes to provide additional fire protection for the park. Burning also will improve the quality of grassland habitat and the quantity of broadleaf plants available as forage to a variety of wildlife species.

The Commission will conduct an informational meeting on this project from 7-8:30 p.m. Oct. 20 at the park headquarters. Commission and NFS staff will answer questions.

carbonman · 10-10-2008, 03:09 AM

Thanks for all the work you put into posting all of these. I appreciate the effort.

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Bumpus Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Next to the furnace/AC floor register. Posts: 331 Thanks: 0 Thanked 21 Times in 9 Posts	Prescribed Burn Scheduled for Chadron State Park NGPC news release, 9/30/08: CHADRON, Neb. — The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission in cooperation with the Nebraska Forest Service (NFS) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) will conduct a prescribed burn between Oct. 20 and Dec. 31 at Chadron State Park (SP), depending upon local weather conditions. The Commission’s primary goal of this burn is to reduce logging slash and accumulated fuels available for a possible wildfire in the ponderosa pine forest at Chadron SP. Approximately 330 acres of park forest were selectively harvested and thinned to reduce forest density from 2001 to 2005. By incrementally eliminating the remaining logging slash and other accumulated fuels on the thinned forest acres over the next five to 15 years, the Commission hopes to provide additional fire protection for the park. Burning also will improve the quality of grassland habitat and the quantity of broadleaf plants available as forage to a variety of wildlife species. The Commission will conduct an informational meeting on this project from 7-8:30 p.m. Oct. 20 at the park headquarters. Commission and NFS staff will answer questions. __________________ "Next to a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read." --Groucho

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carbonman Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Lincoln Posts: 126 Thanks: 12 Thanked 13 Times in 6 Posts	Thanks for all the work you put into posting all of these. I appreciate the effort. __________________ The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. - Edmund Burke

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