Fire For Hire

09/05/2026

We recently completed our annual burn at Maxwell Wildlife Refuge. Our crew burned over 700 acres this time. Thank you to Grassland Management for your assistance and to Kansas Wildlife and Parks for this opportunity! 🦬

09/03/2026

Patch Burning Provides Rest from Cattle Use WITHOUT Removing Livestock

Burns are rotated through six patches.
Cattle have free choice across ALL patches

Percent of Growing Season Days Ungrazed
2020: Unburned Patch
Ungrazed 90% of days
(February burn and August burn conducted)

2021: Unburned Patch
Ungrazed 74% of days
(March burn and August burn conducted)

2022: Burned Patch
Ungrazed 7% of days
Grazed 93% of days
(April burn and August burn conducted)

Cattle were attracted to regrowth on recent burns.
Cattle avoided unburned patches, providing rest.
(Location data from GPS collars)

09/03/2026

The heat has us slowed down and doing work in the office, it’s come to my attention that our paperclips have been coming up short. So i hope this fixes it.

08/22/2026

08/16/2026

140 acres burned today. After a humid calm wind, it finally got started in the afternoon when we got conditions in better ranges. Call us to inquire about our prescribed burn services.

08/07/2026

Gearing up for our next prescribed growing season burn but ran into a traffic jam.

08/04/2026

Getting a start to the 2026 summer growing season burns.

04/25/2026

Packed up and headed north into Dickinson County for more RX burning. Rolling along through the burn season!