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Patch Burn Grazing for Birds and Beef

Enhancing grassland bird habitat and improving beef performance

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Katy Hoskins, Wildlife Habitat Federation

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Students will learn about the grassland

bird decline in North America, why it

is concerning, and ways that habitat

management can slow this process

while at the same time benefiting

beef production efficiency and land health.

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By removing fire from the landscape, we

have encouraged habitat degradation

through brush encroachment.

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Beef cattle, and all grazing animals, benefit from

burned rangeland. Grasslands evolved under grazing

and fire. Restoring appropriate fire regimes benefits grazing

animals by increasing forage production, quality and palatability.

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What is patch-burn grazing?

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Activities Can Include:

  • Designing and implementing a patch burn
  • Conducting a grassland bird survey
  • Soil sampling and comparison
  • Plant collection and discussion
  • Using apps to help with all of the above!
  • Discussing Aldo Leopold’s five tools of habitat restoration

Katy Hoskins

325-235-7151

katy@artontherange.net