REMEMBER-Burning permits are required
Jeanie Radke-Clerk-Town of Jackson @ 866-8404 or
866-8412
Voyager Village @ 259-3910
Nancy Growe @ 27873 Kovarik Road - 866-4589
After you obtain the permit you must call 1-888-WIS-BURN before you burn. This will give you the up-to-date fire danger rating.
You can also go to www.dnr.wi.gov/forestry/fire for daily restrictions.
TIPS FROM SMOKEY BEAR
Places you find snow drifts around your home in the winter are also places where leaves and pine needles accumulate after the snow melts. Pay close attention to the little things around your home especially in the spring when the fire danger is HIGH.
Debris burning continues to be the number one cause of wildfires throughout Wisconsin. Know your local burning regulations and obtain burning permits.
After obtaining proper burning permits, the DNR typically allows outdoor burning around sunset, because the humidity rises and winds are lighter.
Remember recreational campfires used soley for warming purposees or cooking purposes do not require a burning permit.
Most importantly, burning debris in a fire ring DOES NOT constitute campfires.
FIRE DANGER IS
LOW
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Low means... Fires will start from an open flame, spread slowly and in absence of wind tend to go out. The safest time to burn. |
One insect in the weather forecasting field is the wooly bear caterpillar.
They are actually the ISABELLA TIGER MOTH in the larval stage.
They have lateral "bands" colored reddish brown in the center and black at the edges.
Lots of black means a "harsh" winter, whereas lots of reddish brown means a "mild" one.
Black and orange colors like this in nature usually serve as a useful "warning" signal of a belly-ache causing toxins in insects such as Monarch butterflies which predators read and respect.
-some think the variations in colorations could still be weather
influenced.
-the National Audubon Society smirkingly contends that it is
superstition.
A study was done for 8 years during the 1940's & the 1950's in New York's Bear Mountain State Park and entomologists said they found the wooly bear caterpillar to be accurate at forecasting the severity of winter weather every time.
Only time will tell if these little furry creatures will accurately predict the coming winter. Be on the lookout for them as they cross the local country roads.
