Dear Fire Friends, I hope you are all well and you had a successful spring fire season. Now that Covid is waning we are bringing back a fire event that has been well attended and appreciated. If you want off this list, please let me know. The Prairie Enthusiasts and The Friends of the Brooklyn
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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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“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
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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
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Follow the link below to access the Feb 16th Northeast-Midwest Regional Prescribed Fire Council Coordinating Group (NE-MW RPFCCG) Legislating the Right to Burn Forum recording and presentation given by Carissa Wonkka from the USDA ARS Northern Plains Agricultural Research Lab. This is really an excellent presentation and primer on this challenging but important topic...
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On 2/16/22, our very own Education & Outreach Committee chair, Alex Wenthe, gave a webinar presentation on private lands and prescribed fire for the Wild Rivers Conservancy Lunch and Learn series! In case you missed it or want to rewatch, be sure to check out the recording by following this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE7PhM1Xdz8 “Did you know
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Northeast-Midwest Regional Prescribed Fire Council Coordinating Group (NE-MW RPFCCG)Virtual Networking ForumWednesday, February 16, 20222:00 to 3:30 PM EASTERN / 1:00 to 2:30 PM CENTRAL Purpose – Legislating the right to burn: An overview of prescribed burningstatutes and regulations Northeast-Midwest Regional Prescribed Fire Council Coordinating GroupZoom Meeting RoomNo registration is...
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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
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Save the Date – 2/14/22! This is your official save the date for our 2022 Winter Council Meeting to be held on Valentine’s Day, Monday February 14th, 2022, at 4:00pm Central! This meeting is open to all WPFC members and the public. Check back on our Events Page two weeks before for more details, agenda, board
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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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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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