Late-fall prescribed burns help cut wildfire risk, improve habitat [Image 21 of 26]

FORT MCCOY, WI, UNITED STATES

11.30.2017

Photo by Scott Sturkol                                                                                        

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Post personnel oversee a prescribed burn Nov. 30, 2017, at Range 100 on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. Personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the Colorado State University Center of Environmental Management of Military Lands under contract with the post help coordinate each prescribed burn at the post. Prescribed burns, generally, are done in the spring and fall seasons because weather conditions are most favorable at those times. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)

• Date Taken: 11.30.2017
• Date Posted: 12.12.2017 10:03
• Photo ID: 4021694
• VIRIN: 171130-A-OK556-2103
• Resolution: 5184x3456
• Size: 3.82 MB
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WI, US