Please share your experiences with us. I manage wildlife on several state parks and wildlife areas in Illinois. We have been conducting prescribed burns on these areas for over 20 years. More and more people want to move closer and closer to these areas, because they enjoy the prairies, open woodlands, and abundant wildlife.
Education is hopefully the answer, and it has worked to some extent.
Just like prople who chose to live in flood plains or on barrier islands, people who move in to fire prone environments need to understand that Mother Nature will pay a call - and sometimes it isn't pleasant. Paul Brewer IL USA - I live near the Evrglades area where there was a fire recently. I didn't knpow about this site until our Teacher gave us an assignement about the fire. That's how I found this website. Even though the wildland fire season is still just beginning for the year, already our department has experienced alot of urban interface situations.