Fort McCoy’s 2019 prescribed burn season underway [Image 40 of 54]

FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

03.21.2019

Photo by Scott Sturkol                                                                                                  

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

A firefighter with the Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department lights a fire in dry grass for a prescribed burn March 21, 2019, on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. Personnel with the 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 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: 03.21.2019
• Date Posted: 04.05.2019 14:38
• Photo ID: 5241614
• VIRIN: 190321-A-OK556-1191
• Resolution: 5184x3456
• Size: 3.92 MB
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US