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Prescribed Burn at Nature Conservancy Preserves April 2017 - North Carolina and Georgia |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2017) |
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Prescribed Burn at Nature Conservancy Preserves April 2017 - North Carolina and Georgia |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2017) |
| My friends at The Nature Conservancy invited me to photograph prescribed burns at two of their preserves near the Georgia-North Carolina border. One is in Georgia; the other in NC. Prescribed burns are used to simulate fire, which keeps grasslands and forests healthy, and helps restore rare plant communities. Site 1 - Low Mountain Seepage Fen, NC (ES): |
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| A pre-burn briefing was conducted at each site |
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| Ignition of test fire |
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| Drip torch |
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| Prepping propane torch |
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| Site 2 - Low Mountain Seepage Fen, Georgia (RBM): |
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| Test fire and subsequent ignition |
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| Due to another commitment, I had to leave before this burn was completed... |