Now is a good time to set the woods on fire 

By: Glynn Harris

If you plan to burn your woods, you need to get after it. The best time to set fire to your woods is late winter, from mid November to mid March. 

Hey wait a minute; you’ve spent years getting the trees on your property up and growing so why in the world, after all your good efforts, would you set fire to your woods? There is a good and valid reason for doing just that. A fire deliberately set under the right conditions is called a prescribed or controlled fire. 

I looked up the definition of a prescribed burn and here’s what I read….”A prescribed fire is the controlled application of fire to wildland fuels under specific, planned environmental conditions to achieve management goals, such as reducing wildfire risks, restoring ecosystems and enhancing habitat.”