Last KP burn post. The view shed is now vast. This is the largest intact native grassland east of the Mississippi River. I am humbled and honored to be able to help manage it.

Third KP burn post. This was a 5500 acre habitat burn. Lowest relative humidity I ever burned under and hammocks were torching out.

Second KP burn post. I enjoyed time with Matt Vance, land manager at TNC’s Disney Wilderness Preserve.

First post from 5500 acre prescribed fire at Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park on Friday. It was spicy, but we were burning next to recently burned country and all held nicely.

Longleaf pine pollen-producing cones, sometimes called male cones. One photo shows beginning of the candle in recognizable form.

I am so glad for these new ANT guys! In the past couple days they processed longleaf seed from cone to bag. We distributed the cones, some seed remaining, over about 30 acres at lake Louisa SP. we have at least 5 lb of seed and will also save some for Colt Creek SP. reforestation is on the way!

Stolen from someone on FB. Fits the new Abby normal.

Ahhh! Sanity around a ring of fire.

Cool out, good night for a fire ring.

Airstream plumbing repair. Leaky, substandard shark bite fitting replaced with good Pex joints and metal hardware.

We really enjoyed the meal we had here after picking up a salvage window for a project. Live one man band was really talented and while it was too loud, it was good stuff.

Now we have running board tubes installed.

This winter has been a great time for Lake Louisa State Park, we restored some species of native groundcover to over 25 acres. This will make the restored landscape of the park exceed 100 acres of effectively restored ground, with about another 40 acres in progress that is still in transition.