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Coastal Prairie Stephen W. Deiss, rangeland man- agement specialist, USDA-NRCS For the coastal prairies, this is
the kind of year in which past graz- ing management mistakes can be forgiven, somewhat. But only if a rancher is willing to be dedicated to principles including proper initial stocking, proper utilization and well- designed rest and rotation periods. With this year’s growth, a ranch-
er can decide to take all the extra forage, or allow the land to start to recover from the past drought. With good management going
forward, the negative effects of the next drought will be lessened. We have experienced tremen-
dous herbaceous growth in our area, but remember the saying, “We are in a constant state of drought, interrupted by brief periods of ex- treme precipitation.” This also looks like it is shaping
Cox Concrete Products Are you tired of replacing metal, wooden and plastic troughs?
up to be a very busy year for pre- scribed burning on the coast. It’s time to get fi re guards in good shape. Mid-year would have been a
good time to make the second se- ries of passes along your fi reguards, but it’s still not too late to start on them. Late fi reguards will tend to be a bit dirtier and will make the burn slower to get set up for lighting a head fi re on the day of the burn. Burning this winter will serve to
accelerate the upward range condi- tion trend and will partially amelio- rate the hazard of wildfi re for the following year. Segregating burns to accomplish
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different goals is a good idea. For those with a greater emphasis on burning for development of wildlife habitat, those burns should be done early in the season (late November and December), along with most of the Gulf cordgrass burns. Those wishing to enhance grass
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