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Podcast: Land & Legacy - Habitat + Hunting
Episode: Why We Burn in Late Summer
Description: On this habitat focused podcast, we discuss the benefits of the burning during the late summer. Yes, we burned during a drought recently here in southern Missouri with strict goals and objectives for this burn unit. On this podcast, we examine, how, why, when, and where. Growing season fires are not like dormant season fires, they result in different outcomes. A growing season fire usually allows the forbs to flourish while controlling the woody saplings in the unit based on the time of the fire. Based on the ambient temperature outside, it is much easier to top kil...