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Old 02-27-2018, 03:39 PM
 
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The last few years burns have upset lots of people many miles away. Specifically Lincoln/omaha newspaper mentioning it with potential lawsuits to stop the burning. Does anyone know/heard if this will continue?
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Old 02-27-2018, 04:14 PM
 
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Yes it will continue.
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Old 02-27-2018, 05:12 PM
 
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Great. Another spring indoors
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Old 02-27-2018, 05:24 PM
 
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The last few years burns have upset lots of people many miles away. Specifically Lincoln/omaha newspaper mentioning it with potential lawsuits to stop the burning. Does anyone know/heard if this will continue?
This has more local impacts on the Topeka through KC corridor, but point taken. No burning should take place when winds are out of the S or SW in reality. Also, moderate to severe drought is occurring presently over many areas of KS. This could have an impact on spring burning in the Flint Hills region.
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Old 02-27-2018, 06:33 PM
 
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This has more local impacts on the Topeka through KC corridor, but point taken. No burning should take place when winds are out of the S or SW in reality. Also, moderate to severe drought is occurring presently over many areas of KS. This could have an impact on spring burning in the Flint Hills region.
Yes, they won’t burn during droughts. That is illegal and can result in substantial fines. Our family pastures were in far Western Shawnee county so they were never part of any restrictions, but pasture lands are also a lot smaller and not as many. We only ever burned a few hundred acres. The family farm has been closed about 20 years now, but my dad still burns about 10-15 acres around his ponds each year. I enjoy helping him do it.

One can read why they burn the fields and what regulations exist on the following state of Kansas website.

About Us | Kansas Flint Hills Smoke Management | Kansas State University
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Old 03-01-2018, 10:14 AM
 
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Default Science Be Damned, KSU donors' $$$$$ at Stake!

Good ?, we live ~ 1 mile N of BSFS/Vanier Football Complex, and can see fires burning on ridges @ night to the N & E. Health concerns keep me indoors during burning.

Kansas/KSU will never lead the way on burning in the Flint Hills. The Vaniers, KSU's biggest donors, are ranchers . . .

2013 saw the removal of an EPA ozone air quality monitor from the Nature Conservancy's Konza Prairie. The Sierra Club article below shows the degree to which KSU will dismantle any scientific research perceived to be detrimental to its donors. NOTE: the EPA ozone air quality monitor was actually collecting data from fires far beyond the Konza location & showed data spikes outside of when burning was occurring. Around this time, KSU Biology removed a Konza researcher who was documenting that prairie could be burned at other times of the year than spring; with ~ identical grazing nutritional results.

As I've known several Konza researchers over the years, it was interesting to note that few of them took a stand. They know to do so would = career end zone.


States scramble as EPA shifts research monitors into regulatory mode

Results of Sierra Club's Investigation into the Removal of the Konza Prairie CASTNET Ozone Monitor on April 5, 2013
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Old 04-11-2018, 05:13 PM
 
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How long until the fires stop? 6 weeks? A month? 2? Outdoor activities are being cancelled. Just wondering if we will get to enjoy spring at all?
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Old 04-11-2018, 08:20 PM
 
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How long until the fires stop? 6 weeks? A month? 2? Outdoor activities are being cancelled. Just wondering if we will get to enjoy spring at all?
Drought conditions are exceptionally bad at the moment:

United States Drought Monitor > Current Map > State Drought Monitor

https://forecast.weather.gov/showsig...4&lon=-97.3914

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Old 04-11-2018, 08:48 PM
 
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How long until the fires stop? 6 weeks? A month? 2? Outdoor activities are being cancelled. Just wondering if we will get to enjoy spring at all?
Just curious what area you live near? We haven’t had any smoke at all here south west of Topeka. Actually, I was just reading that only about 200K acres have been burned so far. Typically at least 2 million acres are burned each year.

Depending on weather conditions, I’d say the next couple weeks.
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Old 04-11-2018, 09:17 PM
 
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Just curious what area you live near? We haven’t had any smoke at all here south west of Topeka. Actually, I was just reading that only about 200K acres have been burned so far. Typically at least 2 million acres are burned each year.

Depending on weather conditions, I’d say the next couple weeks.
Omaha area. Air quality 160 (unhealthy) today from man made fires in Kansas.
https://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=aqibasics.aqi
Tomorrow is forecast to be as bad.
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