Fort McCoy’s 2018 prescribed burn season underway [Image 12 of 20]

FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

03.22.2018

Photo by Scott Sturkol                                                                                               

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

An area where a prescribed burn is taking place is shown March 22, 2018, at an area on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. Personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the Colorado State University Center of Environmental Management of Military Lands under contract with the post help coordinate each prescribed burn at the post. Prescribed burns, generally, are done in the spring and fall seasons because weather conditions are most favorable at those times. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)

• Date Taken: 03.22.2018
• Date Posted: 04.10.2018 16:40
• Photo ID: 4283904
• VIRIN: 180322-A-OK556-255
• Resolution: 5472x3648
• Size: 4.26 MB
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US