{"id":1615,"date":"2026-05-25T22:57:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T22:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-uwsp-multi.pantheonsite.io\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/?page_id=1615"},"modified":"2026-05-25T23:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T23:08:20","slug":"state-driven-burn-boss-certification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/homepage\/professional-development\/prescribed-fire-for-forest-management-webinar-series\/state-driven-burn-boss-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"State-driven Burn Boss Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwsp-horizontal-cards light-gray-solid blockspacetop blockspacebottom\"><div class=\"site-width\"><section class=\"hcard-container\" aria-label=\"Horizontal Card\"><div class=\"uwsp-horizontal-card-container\" aria-live=\"off\">\n<div class=\"uwsp-horiz-card-block\" id=\"hcard17779165143048162\"><div class=\"uwsp-horiz-card-individual split5050 hcard-imgleft\"><div class=\"hcard-infocell\"><h5 class=\"hcard-microtitle\">Prescribed Fire for Forest Management Series <\/h5><h3 class=\"hcard-title\">State-driven Burn Boss Certification <\/h3><h4 class=\"hcard-subtitle\">Recorded Oct. 1, 2025<\/h4><div class=\"hcard-content\"><p>The Wisconsin Prescribed Fire Council (WPFC), in collaboration with UWSP&#8217;s College of Natural Resources and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, recently developed Wisconsin&#8217;s first ever Certified Burn Boss Program. Their inaugural Prescribed Burn Boss Academy, located at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Treehaven facility, convened 28 new burn bosses from across the state. This feat, five years in evolution, focused upon fire prescription at the burn boss level instead of fire suppression. This webinar is intended for both a Wisconsin and a national audience and will discuss the process of developing a Burn Boss Certification program for a state like Wisconsin and potential paths forward for other state that do not yet have a similar program.<\/p><\/div><div>\n<a class=\"uwspbtn uwsp-btn-solid-purple\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Chk8pZwV8x0\" target=\"_blank\">Watch Recorded Webinar  <i class=\"fa-solid fa-circle-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"hcard-mediacell\"><div class=\"iframe-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Chk8pZwV8x0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"hslider-buttoncontainer\"><button class=\"hsliderBack horizontal-sliderbutton\" aria-label=\"previous slide\">\u276e<\/button><div class=\"single-card-nav\"><\/div><button class=\"hsliderForward horizontal-sliderbutton\" aria-label=\"next slide\">\u276f<\/button><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">DISTINGUISHED PANEL<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Jeb-Barzen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1096\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Jeb-Barzen.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Jeb-Barzen-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jeb Barzen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Chair, Private Lands Conservation, LLC; Chair, Wisconsin Prescribed Fire Council; Adjunct Assistant Professor, UW-Madison Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture; Lecturer, UW-Madison Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies\u200b\u200b<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeb has spent most of his&nbsp;36-year career studying birds and applying ecosystem restoration tools in wetlands, grasslands, and savannas worldwide.&nbsp;This includes conducting over 770 prescribed burns throughout the Midwe\u200bst, in Vietnam and in the Russian Far East.&nbsp;While teaching prescribed burning in Russia, Jeb &nbsp;can uniquely claim to be the only person to be quoted by Pravda as an \u2018expert American arsonist.\u2019&nbsp;Early on in his&nbsp;career, it became clear that the most interesting projects would last well beyond his&nbsp;own lifetime, so Jeb&nbsp;soon began to focus on teaching, mentoring, and advancing the tools that we depend upon to improve ecosystem restoration \u2013 chief among them \u2013 prescribed burning and prescribed burn practitioners.&nbsp;To that end, Jeb&nbsp;recently collaborated with the Wisconsin Prescribed Fire Council, the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, UW Arboretum, The Wisconsin Chapter of The Nature Conservancy and numerous local NGOs to create a course on fire ecology and prescribed burn implementation at the UW-Madison which currently matriculates 24 students each ye\u200bar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"453\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/jim-elleson-cropped.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1137\" style=\"width:250px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/jim-elleson-cropped.png 453w, https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/jim-elleson-cropped-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Jim Elleson<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Founder, Quercus Land Stewardship Services<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>; <strong>Chair, Wisconsin Prescribed Fire Council<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Jim started Quercus Land Stewardship Services in 2003 with the goal of helping landowners improve the ecological health of their land.&nbsp;Over the next two decades he helped hundreds of landowners including federal, state, and local agencies, non-profit conservation organizations and land trusts, commercial businesses and private individuals.&nbsp;He and his crews provided land management services for tens of thousands of acres, including prescribed burning, invasive species control, timber stand improvement, and other activities to promote native plant communities.&nbsp;Jim led over 500 prescribed burns totaling nearly 13,000 acres for clients from 2004 to 2023. He stepped down from running the business in 2020, and his \u201cretirement\u201d projects include leading the development of a Wisconsin prescribed fire burn boss certification program for the Wisconsin Prescribed Fire Council, mentoring the next generation of prescribed fire leaders, and managing his own little corner of Wisconsin\u2019s Driftless area.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Tiller_1-002-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-160949\" style=\"width:250px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Michael Tiller, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Assistant Professor of Forest and Fire Management, College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael grew up in Northern California where he enjoyed an active outdoor lifestyle hunting, fishing, camping, and skiing in the beautiful Sierra Nevada Mountains and coastal redwoods. He enjoyed a 10-year career with Cal Fire serving as a Firefighter and Fire Apparatus Engineer. In 2006, he moved to College Station, Texas where he attended Texas A&amp;M University and earned a B.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Science. After completing his B.S. degree, he attended Stephen F. Austin State University where he earned an M.S. degree in Environmental Science and Ph. D. in Forestry, both with a research focus on understory fuel flammability in forest and rangeland ecosystems. Michael also served as a Wildland Urban Interface Specialist for the Texas A&amp;M Forest Service for 2-years where he was actively engaged with fuels management and prescribed burning. He recently accepted an Assistant Professor of Forest Ecology position at UW-Stevens Point where he leads the fire science program and serves as an adviser for the UWSP Fire Crew.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1687\" height=\"2247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Michele-Witecha-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1151\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Michele-Witecha-1.jpg 1687w, https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Michele-Witecha-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Michele-Witecha-1-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Michele-Witecha-1-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Michele-Witecha-1-1153x1536.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Michele-Witecha-1-1538x2048.jpg 1538w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1687px) 100vw, 1687px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Michele Witecha<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prescribed Fire Specialist, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Michele began her prescribed fire journey as a volunteer burn crew member with The Nature Conservancy in 2002. Her career background is primarily in wildlife\/endangered species management and fire ecology in Florida, Texas, and Kansas. She worked with both public and private prescribed burn programs in the southeast and the Midwest before joining the Wisconsin DNR fire program in 2013. As the specialist for the DNR prescribed fire program for the last 7 years Michele has had the privilege of working with field staff and outside partners to continually improve and increase prescribed fire on both public and private lands.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">PANELIST \/ MODERATOR<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Demchick-Headshot-Fire-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-155520\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Michael Demchik, Ph.D. <\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Professor of Forestry, College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Demchik grew up in southern West Virginia in unincorporated Pond Fork. With the freedom to explore the outdoors, a mountain on one side and a stream on the other, a future career in natural resources just made sense. Demchik is currently a professor of silviculture at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. His previous positions included an Extension Forester specializing in farm forestry in Minnesota, a state Maple Syrup and Non-Timber Forest Products specialist in Pennsylvania, and a number of other jobs ranging across federal, state, and private industries in West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwsp-vtabs blockspacetop blockspacebottom\"><div class=\"vtab-intro\" style=\"text-align:\"><h2 class=\"h2\">Additional Resources <\/h2><\/div><div class=\"vtab-thetabs\"><div class=\"accentlinetop\" role=\"none\"><\/div><div class=\"vtab-nav\"><\/div><div class=\"vtab-content\">\n<div class=\"uwsp-vtab-thetab\"><div class=\"vtab-tabtitle\">Continuing Education <i class=\"fa-solid fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vtab-tabcontent\">\n<div class=\"vtab-content-column bgpurple\"><h2>Continuing Education<\/h2><div>\n<p>is webinar series has been pre-approved for the following:\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>18.0&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eforester.org\/Main\/Certification\/Certification_Home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Society of American Foresters<\/a> (SAF)&nbsp;\u200bCat. 1 CFEs&nbsp;<em>(1.5 CFEs<\/em>\u200b&nbsp;<em>per webinar)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12.0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ser.org\/page\/certification\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SER Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner<\/a> (CERP) CECs&nbsp;<em>(1.0 CEU per webinar)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12\u200b\u200b.0&nbsp;\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.wisconsin.gov\/topic\/forestmanagement\/coop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wisconsin DNR Cooperating Forester<\/a> CEUs<em>&nbsp;(1.0 CEU&nbsp;&nbsp;per webinar)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like a Certificate of Completion for a webinar, please send your request to <a href=\"mailto:wfc@uwsp.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wfc@uwsp.edu<\/a>. Certificates are sent only by request.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vtab-content-column bgpurple\"><div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/CEU-web-icon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-710 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/CEU-web-icon.png 900w, https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/CEU-web-icon-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/CEU-web-icon-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/CEU-web-icon-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwsp-vtab-thetab\"><div class=\"vtab-tabtitle\">Resources <i class=\"fa-solid fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vtab-tabcontent\">\n<div class=\"vtab-content-column bgpurple\"><h2>Resources <\/h2><div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Prescribed-Fire-for-Forest-Management-State-Driven-Burn-Boss-Certification.pdf\">State-Driven Burn Boss Certification<\/a> Slideshow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/prescribedfire.org\/cbbp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wisconsin Burn Boss Certification<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/prescribedfire.org\/events\/wisconsin-burn-boss-academy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wisconsin Burn Boss Academy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.wisconsin.gov\/topic\/ForestFire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Fire Management<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.wisconsin.gov\/topic\/forestfire\/fireManagementDashboards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fire Management Dashboard<\/a> &#8211; Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/programs\/certificate\/fire-science\/\">University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Fire Science Certificate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uwspfirecrew\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of Wisconsin Fire Crew<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vtab-content-column bgpurple\"><div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Show-Notes.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-713 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Show-Notes.png 900w, https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Show-Notes-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Show-Notes-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Show-Notes-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"accentlinebottom\" role=\"none\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr style=\"border: 1px solid black;background-color: black\">\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Platinum Sponsors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwtf.org\/chapters\/wisconsin-state-chapter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Final__NWTF-Primary-Logo-Onyx-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1099\" style=\"width:300px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:68px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tposfirescience.sites.wisc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1022\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/WFC_Rx-Fire_tallgrass-prairie-oak-savannah-fsc-color-redraw-stacked.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1232\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2.077341202050008;object-fit:cover;width:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/WFC_Rx-Fire_tallgrass-prairie-oak-savannah-fsc-color-redraw-stacked.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/WFC_Rx-Fire_tallgrass-prairie-oak-savannah-fsc-color-redraw-stacked-300x144.jpg 300w, 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