Click below to read about Prescribed Fire Carbon Dynamics, by WI DNR Forestry Researchers Jed Meunier & Colleen M. Sutheimer. This research is for anyone interested in how Lake State’s prescribed fire implementation impacts carbon sequestration. Prescribed Fire Carbon Dynamics (FINAL)
Read more
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.
Read more
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
Read more
“I often find it hard to visualize what various metrics that measure smoke dispersal mean when I look at columns of smoke from the ground. On March 27, I was able to combine data with pictures to fill some of my visualization gaps. For a 45-acre prescribed burn that I and a wonderful group of
Read more
The Nature Conservancy staff member Stephanie Judge did an interview with Kate Archer Kent at Wisconsin Public Radio Morning Show at the end of March that highlights the role of fire in WI, specifically in the Central Sands region. https://www.wpr.org/protecting-nature-through-conservation-land-purchases While the focus was not fire specifically, the piece integrates the need and role of
Read more
Register for the Wild Rivers Conservancy Lunch & Learn on 2/16 to hear from our very own WPFC Education and Outreach Committee Chair, Alex Wenthe! Wild Rivers Conservancy Lunch & Learn: The Do’s and Don’ts of Prescribed Fire on Private Land Did you know that fire can be a good thing? Prescribed fire is used
Read more
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
Read more
Webinar January 11, 2022! ** Second webinar of their Fall Webinar Series **This webinar will be presented by Dr. Erica Smithwick, Penn State Hosted in partnership with the North Atlantic Fire Science ExchangeRegistration is required (link below)!!Webinar title: Firescapes of the mid-Atlantic: Challenges and opportunities for implementing prescribed burning as a land management...
Read more