Prescribed Fire News Today

"Spring burning helps give plant and tree species the best opportunity to bounce back after a disturbance."

In March, crews at Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area conducted their largest prescribed burns in one season, covering 15,000 acres with 19 burns.

Turner Enterprises Inc. announced prescribed burning is planned Thursday or Friday at the Flying D Ranch, southwest of Bozeman.The U.S. Forest Service and Monta

On a recent weekday, short but mighty flames began consuming an expanse of tallgrass in Nachusa Grasslands, their advance marked with crackles and pops. Satisfied with the blaze, a group of eight conservation workers split in two, walking the perimeter of a 124-acre square expanse of land. They used liquid fuel, drop by drop, to create a ring of fire and rubber tools to put out unruly sparks. ...

Plans are in place to reduce wildfire danger in Hot Springs National Park during the last week of February.

Plans are in place to reduce wildfire danger in Hot Springs National Park during the last week of February.

Hospital officials are negotiating with a state agency to sell the property in Carolina Forest.

The Houston Aboretum will conduct a prescribed fire near the Donor Boardwalk and the Savanna Field Station between Feb. 20 and Feb. 22. [Ads /]

Kansas’ recognition as a top fire state has long been overdue.The state experiences at least 5,000 wildfires annually, which ranks it among the top five states for number of wildfire incidents in the country among the likes of Texas, Oregon, and Montana. Kansas is also a top prescribed burning state in acreage, with well over one million acres burned yearly, according to the Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas—Texas A&M Forest Service awarded 126 recipients grants to conduct prescribed burns this year. For the 2024 fiscal year, the agency has approved more than $705,000 in grant funds to private landowners in Texas with a goal to treat 25,104 acres. With Texas lands being 95%