Charmin
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- Sep 3, 2007
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The Tall Grass Prairie Preserve is owned and operated by the Nature Conservancy. They use prescribed burns to mimic the seasonal fires that shaped the Tall Grass Prairie for thousands of years. Then the bison graze on the new grasses that grow after a fire.
Here's more reading about this: http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/oklahoma/features/art23525.html
My husband is a ranch hand on the preserve and a part of his job is to help with the prescribed burns. They do burns every season and today started their Summer burns. The trucks they use are military 5 tons equipped with huge water tanks (1800 gallons on his truck), and nozzles that are mounted on the grille guard of the truck that can be adjusted to spray in any direction with a switch that is inside the cab. This enables them to be self-sufficient. There are three Military trucks that the preserve uses.
To light the controlled burns, two guys on four-wheelers(atv's) use drip torches filled with diesel. Its quit awe-inspiring to see the huge clouds of smoke! Here's some pictures from today and we hope you enjoy!!
sandcreek
Here's more reading about this: http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/oklahoma/features/art23525.html
My husband is a ranch hand on the preserve and a part of his job is to help with the prescribed burns. They do burns every season and today started their Summer burns. The trucks they use are military 5 tons equipped with huge water tanks (1800 gallons on his truck), and nozzles that are mounted on the grille guard of the truck that can be adjusted to spray in any direction with a switch that is inside the cab. This enables them to be self-sufficient. There are three Military trucks that the preserve uses.
To light the controlled burns, two guys on four-wheelers(atv's) use drip torches filled with diesel. Its quit awe-inspiring to see the huge clouds of smoke! Here's some pictures from today and we hope you enjoy!!
sandcreek