Fort McCoy holds 2023’s first prescribed burn at installation [Image 37 of 64]

FORT MCCOY, WI, UNITED STATES

02.13.2023

Photo by Scott Sturkol                                                                                        

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Kelly Grenquist with Colorado State University (CSU) oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the CSU Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the DPW Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed banks. Burns also give native species an opportunity to compete against some of the non-native species, as many native species depend on fire to help stimulate them and set back non-native species. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott Sturkol, Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office)

• Date Taken: 02.13.2023
• Date Posted: 02.18.2023 00:57
• Photo ID: 7639922
• VIRIN: 230213-A-OK556-850
• Resolution: 3239x4859
• Size: 4.14 MB
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WI, US