Central Aitkin Brushing

Aitkin County Land Department will continue to manage open landscape habitat of sharped tailed grouse, limiting advancing vegetation succession of brush and tree canopy cover. Traditional prescribed burning will be mimicked by using rotary brushing methods on 167 acres, which had cheaper project costs during a recent experimental trial. Work will be done in frozen ground conditions. Large trees will be felled with a chainsaw. Mowing equipment will mow all bog conifers, aspen and brush.