Boots On The Ground Conservation

Workshop

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Backpack Fire Pump

Backpack sprayers can be very useful for site preparation (wetting wood poles and posts), controlling a fireline (dosing fire in the firebreak), and for site cleanup (cooling smoldering stumps and slash).

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Backpack Sprayer

A backpack mounted mechanical sprayer. Useful for spot treatment of weeds with herbicide in the field or as site preparation touch-up during a restoration. Can also be used to help clean other equipment.

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Broadcast Seeder

Used to efficiently sow large quantities of seed for a restoration. Areas less than five acres can be done by hand - with a little help from your friends.

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Mobile Weather Station

The Kestrel line of handheld weather stations can report Wind Speed, Dewpoint, Wind Direction, Heat Stress Index, Crosswind, Compass Heading, Headwind/Tailwind, Wet Bulb Temperature, Temperature, Relative Humidity, Volume Air Flow (CFM), Barometric Pressure, Humidity Ratio (Grains), Density Altitude, Evaporation Rate, Altitude, Delta T, Wind Chill, and Absolute Pressure.

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Platform Scale

Used for efficient weighing of clippings or seed, for preparation of restoration seed mixes. Common kitchen scales can be used for amounts less than five pounds.

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Seed Combine

There are two types of combines designed for collecting native seed, the pull-type and loader-type. Both are mainly used to collect grass seed.

The pull-type are smaller, cheaper, and easier to transport. The loader-type are larger, taller, and easier to operate. NIPE uses a 6-foot (tractor) and a 4-foot (ATV) pull-type combine, both manufacturered by Prairie Habitats.

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