Learn how prescribed fire can be used as a tool to benefit forest ecosystems and restore the environment as the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s Wisconsin Forestry Center continues an online speaker series on prescribed fire forest management.
Offered free of charge, the year-long webinar series, “Prescribed Fire for Forest Management,” is held monthly from 8:30-10 a.m. on select Wednesdays through October. Presentations will be available for viewing online via Zoom. Registration is required.
The presentation series is designed for natural resource professionals; however, it is open to all participants that have an interest in forest management and/or prescribed fire. It will focus on how the practice is important for ecosystem health, forest regeneration, wildlife habitat, forest health and disease control. Details can be found at uwsp.edu/wfc.
The series includes:
- April 3 – “Fire and Traditional Ecological Knowledge Beyond the Lake States”
- May 1 – “Fire and Game Species”
- June 5 – “Prescribed Fire in Urban Landscapes”
- July 10 – “Fire and Climate Change”
- Aug. 7 – “Case Studies: Prescribed Fire and Red Pine”
- Sept. 4 – “Case Studies: Prescribed Fire and Interfering Vegetation”
- Oct. 2 – “Workforce Development”
The webinar series is sponsored by the National Wild Turkey Federation, The Nature Conservancy, Wisconsin Prescribed Fire Council, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, American Bird Conservancy, Southwest Georgia PBA and Heartland Ecological Group Inc.