We let the thinning piles cure for at least six months to a year and then burn them in the winter. When we do prescribed burns, it is ideal to have some snow on the ground. The gound has to be saturated with water. Now we are doing understory burns every five years.
Tribe: Fort Belknap Indian Community
View Source Document: Fort Belknap Indian Community Climate Change Adaptation Plan
Year: 2023
Topic:
Forestry: Managing fire and creating habitat through thinning and controlled burns
(view all topics in the plan)
Region: Northern Great Plains
