Prescribed fires planned for wildlife management areas this spring

Planned burn in Schuylkill and Berks counties aims to restore habitat and reduce wildfire risk

Instead of fire crews manually setting the burn, the Game Commission is using drones to increase the safety and efficiency of the operation.

Controlled burns lead to verdant new prairies - The Leavenworth Times

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KDFWR plans prescribed fire at West Kentucky WMA

The West Kentucky WMA in McCracken County is among the two dozen areas across Kentucky where KDFWR plans to conduct prescribed fires sometime in March or April.

KDFWR utilizing prescribed fires to manage habitat

FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Officials with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KDFWR) will work with local officials in nearly 30 counties to use prescribed fires as part of ongoing habitat management on the department’s Wildlife Management Areas…

Prescribed fires planned for wildlife management areas this spring

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) - Officials with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KDFWR) will work with local officials in a number of Kentucky counties to use prescribed fires as part of ongoing habitat management on the department’s Wildlife Management Areas (WMA). Some of those counties are in western Kentucky. The KDFWR says throughout March and April, fire experts will conduct these controlled burns across the state to help res…

Iowa DNR to begin annual spring burning – TheSanbornPioneer

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be conducting prescribed burns this spring on wildlife management areas managed by the Iowa DNR’s Great Lakes Wildlife Unit in Dickinson, O’Brien and Lyon counties.Areas scheduled for prescribed burns are Spring Run, Cayler Prairie, Center Lake, Christopherson Slough, Diamond Lake, Dugout Creek, Hales Slough, Kettleson Hogsback, Silver Lake and Welch Lake, and along the Little Sioux River North…