Re: Controlled burns planned
Originally Posted by
dana
That is better. Glad to hear the right number. Is there a plan to plant deer food like Ceanothus post burn? Just looking at a natural burn in grassland country in Kamloops, hard to notice any difference a year or 2 post fire. Just looks the same as the unburned areas. First year, I did observe good deer activity but didn't see much for sheep activity. Second year, deer activity dropped off and was same as the unburned areas. Sheep didn't seem to care about it whatsoever.
There is a considerable amount of ceanothus cover in this area already. From conversations with PIB they "plan" on planting more "deer food". Hopefully they follow through on that. One of the main issues is the forest in-growth choking out species like bunchgrass, saskatoon, willow etc. The goal is to open up the canopy and allow the growth of those species among others.
This prescribed burn directly abuts the Finlay Creek wildfire from last summer that burned a few thousand hectares. It is (or was) a high value mule deer winter range area that desperately needed a boost as far as habitat goes. The project was spear-headed by a very forward-thinking biologist who has had wildfire crews doing fuel management in the area for the last 3 years. Hopefully this is the beginning of regular prescribed burning in the shoulder seasons.
Last edited by HighCountryBC; 04-18-2018 at 09:41 PM.
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