Fire 2, UW Arboretum, Madison, WI
by Steven Ralser
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Fire 2, UW Arboretum, Madison, WI
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Steven Ralser
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Photograph - Photography
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A controlled burn in the Curtis Prairie on the UW Arboretum in Madison, WI. Controlled burns are used as management tool for prairies.
]Some of the benefits of controlled burns include:Some specific advantages of prescribed burns include:
1) stimulating prairie grass growth and improve habitat for upland game and waterfowl.
2) creating pockets of open water for waterfowl amidst cattails proliferating in low areas;
3) stimulates the growth of wildflowers, which attract insects—a vital food sources for young game and non-game grassland birds;
4) improving cover type for grassland nesting birds such as pheasants, and spur native vegetative growth for songbirds; and
5) creating open pockets of bare ground, increasing diversity and richness of ground foraging, seed-eating small mammals and birds.
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April 22nd, 2023
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