Fort McCoy prescribed burn team manages mid-November prescribed burn at installation [Image 14 of 25]

FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

11.13.2023

Photo by Lt. Col. James Ontiveros 

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Members of the Fort McCoy prescribed burn team oversee a prescribed burn Nov. 13, 2023, along a drop zone in 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 Colorado State University 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 that can be used on a large scale to improve wild habitat. Natural resources management officials say 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 Lt. Col. James Ontiveros, Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office)

• Date Taken: 11.13.2023
• Date Posted: 11.21.2023 02:29
• Photo ID: 8133265
• VIRIN: 231113-A-VA549-3436
• Resolution: 5184x3456
• Size: 3.1 MB
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US