Create photos and written documentation of the event. Day field trip. This activity increases the level of soil nutrients that plants require for growth. In addition, fire stimulates germination of many prairie plant seeds. While encroachment of woody plant growth threatens to disturb the natural diversity of tallgrass prairies, succession is not the main threat to prairie ecosystems and wetlands.
Human encroachment poses the greatest danger.
Encroachment in this sense means that human development is located so close to a prairie that prescribed burns are difficult to carry out because of the potential risk to homes and other structures. Often, instead of seeing a rare tallgrass prairie or a prairie fen, many people see fields that have no value other than for agricultural or land development purposes. Physical Science, Biological Science, Social Science.