"Fort McCoy's Prescribed Burn Team Ignites Mid-November Blaze!"
Channel: Defense Now
Date: 2023-11-19

“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 we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the Directorate of Public Works Natural Resources Branch.”

 “Mentzel said 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.”

Defense Now - November 2023
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Fort McCoy prescribed burn team manages mid-November prescribed burn at installation
FORT MCCOY, WI, UNITED STATES
11.13.2023

Film Credits: Video by Scott Sturkol                                                                                   
Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office 

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