“Managing Conservation Land With Fire”
Vineyard Gazette, June 13, 2008
By Mike Seccombe
MARTHA’S VINEYARD -- The back of the T-shirt read: “Burn Crew 2007. Burning landscapes near you.” Under those words was the equivalent of a band’s performance schedule, a dozen locales across six states. ...
What they were about to burn is 20 acres of conservation land in West Tisbury at the Edwin Newhall Woods preserve. The goal is for the flames to consume 50 to 80 per cent of the accumulated litter on the ground, and to kill about 50 per cent of the woody understory of the area, to open it up to a greater diversity of plants. ... ©
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Managing Vineyard Conservation Land With Fire
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