Burning kudzu on Perkins Game Lands

Yesterday, with the help of Justin and Brian from the Morganton crew along with our regional forester Dean, we performed a prescribed fire on the Perkins game land in order to try to eradicate kudzu patches.


The patches need to be burned off, then we will allow the kudzu to begin growing again, and then we will go back and apply a special herbicide to kill the new sprouts. Obviously, we took care of the burning!



The burns went well, however we did have an unusual hazard on the fireline. Perkins is owned by Duke Power and there used to be homes on this tract of land. Fortunately for Jim and Brian, they were able to stop the Kubota before ending up in this septic tank!
Thanks to Justin, Brian, and Dean for all their help.