re: Native Habitat Restoration for Wildlife

I should have given more details about the strategy. I broke the 75 % portion of the property down into 8 sections, where I would burn 2 sections per year. The sections will not touch or preferably even be close to each other. The goal is to keep diversity of habitat across the property.

The other 25 percent (old field) will be done the same way with it being done every 2 years and rotated all across the property. I’m also going to do late winter soil disturbance in these areas to help produce more forbs in the old field habitat.

I have some natural oak savanna areas on my hilltops. They have sporadic oak growth and they are heavy on native grasses. I may burn those yearly to see why the results are like and do a little bit of soil disturbance, but I really prefer those areas to follow their natural ecological pattern.

My next podcast, I’m going to talk about what an Old Field actually is, and talk about a few of the practices that I’m trying to make this happen.

Thank you for the input