Practitioners, landowners, students, and volunteers – come learn about new & expanded ways to get fire on the ground safely and effectively! See our EVENTS page for more info or REGISTER HERE! A morning of presentations by prescribed burning experts will be followed by a networking lunch (meal included in registration) and an afternoon of
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On September 28th, the WPFC held our first Strategic Planning meeting to assist in streamlining our initiatives and to ensure cohesiveness and focus in achieving our efforts to increase the capacity for prescribed burning in Wisconsin. A big thank you to Paul Ohlrogge in guiding us through this journey. We are looking forward to future
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Please see THIS FACTSHEET regarding the use of prescribed fire to manage oak regeneration. This factsheet synthesizes a lot of the recent research into a succinct infographic format for communicating fire-oak management.
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Please take a moment to watch (or read) this Fox 6 News segment by Eric Manges on the importance of prescribed fire! This is one of the best and most informative news segments we’ve seen on the topic. WPFC even got a shoutout! Thanks to Jed and Peter for doing a great job to increase
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Click HERE to gain access to a pre-publication version of Effects of fire seasonality and intensity on resprouting woody plants in prairie-forest communities by Jed Meunier, Nathan Holoubek, Yari Johnson, Tim Kuhman, and Brad Strobel! This recent research conducted in part at the UW-Arboretum suggests that late summer burns may be more effective at controlling some shrub species, along
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On December 2nd 2021, the Wisconsin Prescribed Fire Council hosted its first ever webinar, Increasing Prescribed Burn Capacity in Wisconsin – Getting More Fire on the Ground Safely! We hope you were able to attend and found the webinar presentations and panel discussion engaging, informative, and useful! In case you were not able to attend,
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Join us for our first ever webinar, Increasing Prescribed Burn Capacity in Wisconsin – Getting More Fire on the Ground Safely! Be sure to check out our official event page for more information and how to register. We can’t wait to “see” you there! Cover photo by Tom Lynn
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Instead of acres, let’s focus on jobs, training, innovative fire planning and bold projects, and let’s lift up all the people who are in love with and leading this work. If we focus on the people and the capacity, the acres will follow. And hopefully the prescribed fire acres will be in places that allow
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