Fort McCoy personnel continue natural resources management through prescribed burns [Image 1 of 59]

FORT MCCOY, WI, UNITED STATES

03.12.2024

Photo by Scott Sturkol                                                                                        

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Members of the Fort McCoy prescribed burn team oversee a prescribed burn March 12, 2024, near the impact area on North Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; the Colorado State University Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, and some other garrison personnel who help out. 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 Scott T. Sturkol, Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office)

• Date Taken: 03.12.2024
• Date Posted: 03.25.2024 17:56
• Photo ID: 8306511
• VIRIN: 240312-A-OK556-5503
• Resolution: 6000x4000
• Size: 2.94 MB
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WI, US