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Show [ SOIL CONSERVATION EXPERTS EXPERTSDESCRIBE EXPERTSDESCRIBE DESCRIBE SAGE CLEARANCE Clearing sagebrush off the therange therange therange range by burning is one of theoldest oldest and most widely usedmethods used usedmethods usedmethods methods of clearing clearmg land and It Itis itis itis is one of the most practicableaccording practicable practicableaccording practicableaccording according to E Granfc Grant . . . Parrish Parrishunit Parrishunit Parrishunit unit conservationist for the local localsOil localsoil localsoil sOil conservation districtUnfortunately districtUnfortunately district districtUnfortunately Unfortunately he declares declaresfires declaresfires declaresfires fires started to remove sage brush sagebrush are rarely planned from fromstart fromstart fromstart start to finish and are seldom seldomproperly seldomproperly seldomproperly properly controlled Haphazarduncontrolled Haphazard Haphazarduncontrolled Haphazarduncontrolled uncontrolled burning of sagebrush sage sagebrush sagebrush brush consumes forage exposes exposesunprotected exposesunprotected exposesunprotected unprotected soil to erosion on onhundreds onhundreds onhundreds hundreds of thousands of acrf'S acrfS acres acrf'Seach acreseach acreseach ' each , . , . year and often destroys destroysfarm destroysfarm destroysfarm farm crops buildings and an animals animals animals imals The damage runs mto into mtothousands intothousands intothousands thousands of dollars annuallyPlanned annuallyPlanned annually annuallyPlanned Planned burning not only pro provides provides provides vides for a safe effective burnwith burn burnwlth burnwith wlth with a minimum damage to toexistIng toexisting toexisting existIng forage but also pro protects protects protects tects the range by permitting the thedesirable thedesirable thedesirable desirable forage plants to be , . . I come reestablishedOn reestablished reestablishedOn On rangeland poorly protect protected protected protected ed by vegetation under the sage sagebrush sagebrush brush grazing too soon after theburn the theburn theburn burn will further expose the uncovered un uncovered uncovered covered soil to the full play of ofwind ofwind ofwind wind and water erosion The TheII Thevigor II lvigor vigor of the forage cover is re reduced duced by the fire with some perennial Rer per Rerennial perennial ennial plants and weeds being beingkilled killed or seriously weakened weakenedImmediate weakenedImmediate weakenedImmediate Immediate grazing that fall or orthe orthe orthe the following spring also pre prevents prevents provents vents the grasses from occuPYIng occuPYIngthe occupyingthe the spaces left vacant by the re removal removal removal moval of the sagebrushRange sagebrushRange sagebrush sagebrushRange Range that has little under understory understory understory story of perennial grasses and andweeds andweeds andweeds weeds should be seeded the fall fallafter fallafter fallafter after the burn and grazing grazingshould grazingshould grazingshould should not be permitted pennitted for one onefull onefull onefull full year according to Mr Par Parrish Parrish Parrish rish The erosion is reduced and andthe andthe andthe the recovery of the range is isgreatly isgreatly isgreatly greatly speeded by artificial artificialreseeding artificialreseeding artificialreseeding artificialreseedingWhen reseeding reseedingWhen When sagebrush range is isburned Isburned Isburned burned it should be where whereslopes whereslopes whereslopes slopes are less than 20 percent percent'lnd percentand percenttnd 'lnd lnd and ' where fire-resistant fire resistant - - - peren perenmal perencoal perennial mal coal grasses and weeds form over overone overone overone one fifth the plant cover or orwhere orwhere orwhere where the ground is to be re reseedpd reseeded reseeded reseededThe seedpd seeded seedpdThe seededThe The four fOllr con considerations < ; ldpratlon < ; thai that thaiII thatIistinguish thatlistinguish Iistinguish II < ; hnglll < ; h phnlH plarux pliniun rl d fr)1O fr1O fr ) im m h'lD hlD hap haphazard h'lDhdzclrd Innhazard ' hdzclrd hazard , burning hUfnmi { ir ire 1ft . 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( i ( ( ( t ( < , ss irIt ,1rIt ,1r\ ,1r 1r < , ir\ ir \ It 1 i is < , , sstntiil mssuitiml ( < , . , llltill t have plenty otwell ofwell of ot well trained tramed tramedmen trainedmen men menequIpment menequipment menequipment equIpment and supplies on hand handbefore handbefore handbefore before the fire is started Guard Guarding Guarding adequatefire 109 ing the fIre firelines lines with adequate fire fighters is the best way to tokeep tokeep tokeep keep the fire under control controlWhen controlWhen controlWhen When high hlgh winds are blowing blowingor or impending burning should shouldbe shouldbe shouldbe be postponed One other pre precaution precaution precaution caution is to be sure that the thefire thefire thefire fire is completely put out before beforeleaving beforeleaving beforeleaving leaving the burnIn burnIn burn burnIn In reseeding the range drIll drIlling drilling drilling ing is much preferred over overbroadcasting overbroadcasting overbroadcasting broadcasting Trials have shown shownthat shownthat shownthat that western wheatgrass crest crested crested crested ed wheatgrass and Indian rice ricegrass ricegrass ricegrass grass are the best types of seed seedI seedto seedto seedto I to Alva useAlva use C Murdock Bert Cole Coleman Coleman man and Emory C Smith have haveall haveall all had good results from burn burning burning 109 ing < ; sagebrush agebrush and reseeding on ontheir ontheir their range lands in the vlcimty vicinity vicinityof of Fruitland Areas that were wereburned wereburned burnt.d burntd burned . during the summer were wereseeded wereseeded wereseeded seeded the following followmg fall and andthey andthey andthey they now have good stands of ofgrass ofgrass ofgrass grass startedFarmers startedFarmers started startedFarmers Farmers or ranchers who plan planto planto planto to do any of this thlS type of burningare burnlnlare burnlnl burning ( are cautioned to first flrst obtain a apermIt apermit spermit permIt from the County FJre Fire FJreWarden FireWarden FireWarden Warden Mr Dale C Naylor or orSheriff orSheriff orI Sheriff Ronald Preece |