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[Charles Paradise <machelp@attglobal.net>]

The Native Americans were WAY better managers of the land for use than we 
are.  I read history
of Cape Cod Massachusetts at the historical society said they burned the 
whole of the Cape every
year.   No beating the brush for them to see the deer:  just look and see.

We really can't afford not to clear burn.  But we for the most part keep that 
illegal.  A shame.

Charlie Paradise
zone 5 / not near the Cape in Massachusetts

tanis cuff wrote:

> Another possible way to reduce deer tick populations:  One of the "prairie
> people" here in WI, one of the more knowledgeable people, says prairie burns
> (& woodland surface-fires) destroy existing deer ticks.  They gradually come
> back, with wildlife activity, but you get most of the year tick-free.
>
> tc
>
>
> Dear Folks,  I've heard that tick populations can be reduced on a property
> by allowing guinea fowl to forage freely. Don't know if it's true.   dylan