Sentences with phrase «to control the burn»

But he said the best way to prevent future fires is to use controlled burns to clear out smaller sections of the forest, something the county and state are looking into.

Normal combustion is a more controlled burning of the fuel, albeit very rapidly.

The tests involved controlled burns of oil in a specially designed test tank on the island.

A properly controlled burn can consume 90 percent of a spill.

When you are a balanced diet and healthy, you body control the burning of fat that normally does not use ketones.

Q: Dear Dave, I was hoping you could solve a friendly argument about capsaicin — technically about how to best control the burn in your mouth after eating it.

And they spoke out vehemently against a part of the plan calling for controlled burns on the property, fearing that the burns would disrupt the habitat.

Throughout the debate, dozens of residents also have expressed fears that a plan for controlled burns on the property could disrupt this slice of land that is inhabited by an array of bird and animal species.

Wilderness areas, steep slopes and other forest areas that don't have the roads for large vehicles are more likely to be treated with controlled burns, rather than mechanical thinning.

The spent exhaust gasses provide a means by which to control the burn process thus reducing the heat in during the combustion process.

I was hoping you could solve a friendly argument about capsaicin — technically about how to best control the burn in your mouth after eating it.

Another is forest fire prevention: Flatwoods hibernate underground during the summer fire season but humans have been setting controlled burns in the winter, roasting the poor creatures.

With rising temperatures and the specter of more extreme droughts, scientists like Sullivan are conducting controlled burns to shed light on the behavior of fires.

«Cars and power plants with pollution controls burn things much more cleanly,» Huey said.

Story and Photos by Paul Ross Recipes: Pit Pig Roasting Underground Polynesian Pig Rub South Pacific Barbecue Sauce Poisson Cru Controlled burning was the first and is still one of the most popular forms of cooking, as evidenced by Neolithic (Cro - Magnon) finds and modern (Pro-Mignon) beef grilling.

Fyle also said that each section will require controlled burns once every three years.

Weather permitting, the Parks Department conducts beneficial controlled burns in our natural areas in winter and spring.

Controlled burning stimulates the germination of some desirable forest trees, thus renewing the forest.

That's not all, it also cleans your injector and carburetor and even helps to control burn speed.

Using herbivorous tortoise beetle populations in Florida's Apalachicola National Forest — where management areas experience controlled burns on a three - year burn schedule — a team of FSU researchers found evidence that factors like time since fire and population levels in surrounding areas can predict recolonization patterns in patches disturbed by burns.

Even controlled burning releases pollution, including ozone - threatening chlorine compounds, says Teh Fu Yen of the University of Southern California's school of engineering in Los Angeles.

New evidence suggests that controlled burns make more sense economically than mechanical thinning.

In fact, the current research project is based, in part, on the experience of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, during which more than 400 controlled burns removed between 220,000 and 310,000 barrels of oil from the ocean's surface.

«Controlled burns limited severity of Rim Fire.»

Immature butterflies may die immediately following controlled burns, but populations can recover over time, with the amount of time depending on the species.

The reason could be that plant defenses against pathogens gradually weaken after a fire, Moritz and Odion speculate — for instance, from stiffer competition among plants as they grow, decreased chemical defenses as they age, or depletion of soil nutrients.The findings suggest that California's fight against forest fires over many decades may have precipitated or accelerated the outbreak, and that perhaps controlled burning could be used to halt it, the authors say.

The previous EPA data had been based on plume samples taken in controlled burns ignited by forestry professionals.

Eisner also chats about location shooting in both Iowa and Georgia, and some of the challenges, specifically, that a large controlled burn (see picture above) presented.

In her most recent body of work, Ametsuchi, Kawauchi unites images of distant constellations, tiny figures lost within landscapes, with photographs of a traditional controlled burn farming method (yakihata), in which the cycles of cultivation and recovery span decades and generations.

The work is made from coal and oak charred black, through carefully controlled burning.

(Such controlled burning is far too rare in the West compared to other fire - prone parts of the country; it took 13 years to get approval for this one 760 - acre burn despite the many benefits of such fires, including boosted drought resistance.)

The wildfires in California are caused by environmentalist who have prevented unnatural controlled burns, which build up the kindling.

The Future These won't be on the market overnight, but many car makers are doing R&D; and trying to figure out how to overcome the downsides of free - piston engines (how to muffle the sound, how to better control burning cycles, etc).

That doesn't include burning firewood to heat your hut, and it doesn't count wildfires (even those from arson or controlled burns gone awry).

Regardless of climate change, this woodpecker will continue to require active intervention — especially controlled burns.

In the State of Washington, controlled burns across 1,000 acres are expected to reduce potential damage from wildfires.

I learned how controlled burns maintain this habitat for red - cockaded woodpeckers, gopher tortoises, indigo snakes, and other species.»

The Fire Mentoring Program provides controlled burn training, on - the - job experience, and career opportunities for underserved youth.

I gather that in Alberta controlled burns are being tried as a control measure.

By physical efforts, I mean clearing brush enmass, setting control burns, and training to quickly control new wild fires.

The researchers studying the Rim Fire, which in 2013 burned nearly 400 square miles of forest in the Sierra Nevadas, found the blaze was less severe in areas recently treated with controlled burns.

Ongoing research at Sydney University by a group lead by Rick Shine suggests Australia's most endangered snake would benefit from more controlled burns.