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Lucky J Ranch


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Case history of a successful burning program in pictures. This pasture is 566 acres in Victoria County Texas, 1/3 is claypan prairie, 1/3 is loamy prairie, and 1/3 is blackland rangeland. Target vegetation is McCartney Rose and Chinese Tallow trees, along with numerous other species. Original burn was in 2006 and was a CBPBA demo burn, a follow up burn was done in 2008 by landowner personnel and CBPBA members.

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Copeland Ranch


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The 2008 CBPBA Burn School Demo Burn was held at the Copeland Ranch near Mineral in Bee County, Texas. The pasture burned was 235 acres of mostly grassland with some light brush. Fire guards were bladed. The burn objectives were to kill brush seedlings, improve vegetation quality, reduce the brush canopy and improve wildlife habitat.

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TNC_fire_trk_rear.jpgTNC fire truck from the operator's end222 viewsAnother view of the TNC truck.
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tallowtrees_r.jpgTallowtrees605 viewsMassive dead tallowtrees killed from the ground up (most were and still are) after the winter 2008 burn of the demo pasture.
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4_wheelers_waiting.pngATV's staged and waiting for the right conditions to light the fire.185 viewsThe temperature, wind and humidity need to be right before starting a burn, it was fairly late in the morning before we got what we needed on this one.
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after_the_burn.jpgThe afternoon following the burn218 viewsNo, thats not snow, it's ash from the biomass that was partially converted to fertilizer. The immediate after math of a burn can look pretty bleak, however, with a little rain and a few days time this property will look very different with lots of new grass and tender forage plants sprouting.
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wall_of_smoke_r.jpgWall of smoke717 viewsSolid wall of thick smoke indicative of a very hot fire
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TNC_fire_trk_side.jpgNature Conservancy Fire Truck252 viewsThe Nature Conservancy (TNC) promotes and conducts prescribed burns on a world wide basis and owns some first class equipment. This truck is one example of that. Their people participated in this burn with CBPBA and they are a significant supporter of CBPBA.
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crew_review_burn_plan.jpgPre-burn conference152 viewsBurn Boss and crew dicuss the lighting procedure specified in the burn plan to be certain it still works with current weather conditions. A couple of "tweaks" and its time to light.
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100_60_gal_spray_rigs_r.jpgTrailer mounted 100 gallon and UV mounted 60 gallon spray rigs739 viewsThese fire spray rigs come with the CBPBA Rental Trailer along with a couple of 25 gallon rigs

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wall_of_smoke_r.jpgWall of smoke717 viewsSolid wall of thick smoke indicative of a very hot fireAug 15, 2009
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tallowtrees_r.jpgTallowtrees605 viewsMassive dead tallowtrees killed from the ground up (most were and still are) after the winter 2008 burn of the demo pasture.Aug 15, 2009
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seedings_r.jpgSeedlings609 viewsSprouting was taking place from seeds shortly after the burnAug 15, 2009
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fireguard_r.jpgFireguard601 viewsFire burning to fireguard that is disked black with no grass for fire to crawl acrossAug 15, 2009
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2_wks_post_burn_r.jpgTwo weeks after the burn635 viewsAug 15, 2009
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100_60_gal_spray_rigs_r.jpgTrailer mounted 100 gallon and UV mounted 60 gallon spray rigs739 viewsThese fire spray rigs come with the CBPBA Rental Trailer along with a couple of 25 gallon rigsAug 15, 2009
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back_fire_for_black_line_r.jpgBack fire creates black line629 viewsCreating a black line with a back fire to contain the main fire not yet lit.Aug 15, 2009
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burned_r.jpgAfter the burn640 viewsPhoto the taken after the burn, same dayAug 15, 2009