A trio of Kansas State University graduate students recently reported their findings regarding threats to the animals that graze the Kansas prairie – and the impact of prescribed fire on those threats.
Want to rid pastures of ticks? Burn in spring or summer, study finds
Students present research on impacts of prescribed burning at K-State Cattleman’s Day
By the fourth year of establishment the Thomas prairie reaches a maturation ready for the prescribed-fire phase of the management plan. Using oxbows and other natural features of the Red Cedar River, the burn is controlled well enough to include both the oak forest and the restored prairie.
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