Fire Management and Habitat Restoration

Scenes of firefighters conducting controlled burns to manage invasive species and restore habitats, emphasizing practices in ecological management.

IDNR employee doing controlled prairie burn at Prairie Ridge State Natural Area, Marion County, Illinois

Cayla Tinney, 26, wears protective clothing as she helps burn parts of River Rouge Park with the aim of eliminating invasive species; after the fire the area will be seeded with native prairie plants, Detroit, Michigan, USA, North America

Firefighter trying to put out a forest fire

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service firefighter Matt Whitbeck wields a drip torch during a prairie restoration burn in 2000 at Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge in Texas. Subjects: Fires; Habitat restoration; Grasslands; Wildlife refuges; Prescribed burning; Fire management. Location: Texas. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: ANAHUAC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

IDNR employee doing controlled prairie burn at Prairie Ridge State Natural Area, Marion County, Illinois

Workers wearing protective clothing burn parts of River Rouge Park with the aim of eliminating invasive species; after the fire the area will be seeded with native prairie plants, Detroit, Michigan, USA, North America

Forestry Technician Tim Parry oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the Colorado State University Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the Directorate of Public Works Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed ba

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fire specialist Josh Anderson uses a drip torch to ignite a prescibed burn at Balcones National Wildlife Refuge in Texas as Lucien Ball holds the fireline with an ATV and sprayer. Subjects: Prescribed burning; Fire management; Employees (USFWS); Wildlife refuges.

Smoke, trees and firefighter team with emergency, disaster management and damage control in forest. Mountain, flame and people help for fire rescue, volunteer service or safety in nature conservation

A firefighter from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Fire Department 61 paces along the flight line while watching the prescribed burn event at MCAS Miramar, San Diego, California, Aug. 27, 2022. The prescribed burn was conducted as a preventative measure to eliminate underbrush or flammable substances that could spread fire during the 2022 MCAS Miramar Air Show.

Smoke, field and firefighter in forest for emergency, disaster management or damage control in bush. Mountain, inspection and man with fire rescue, volunteer service and help with nature conservation

Prescribed burn, Rockhill Preserve, Nature Conservancy, Florida

Wildfires, San Diego, CA, October 26, 2007 Northern California fire crews work into the night clearing fire line and monitoring a back burn that was set to stop the Poomacha fire from advancing westward. Currently the fires in Southern California have burned more than 355,000 acres. FEMA photo/Andrea Booher.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Lake City, FL, May 15, 2007 Firefighters look on as an area of fire rages out of control on Fairview Road. Efforts to extinguish the Florida Bugaboo Fire continue. The U.S. Department of Homeland SecurityÆs Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized 5 Fire Management Assistance Grants between March 27th and May 10th 2007, to help Florida fight fires in 16 counties. Mark Wolfe/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Forestry Technician Tim Parry oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the Colorado State University Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the Directorate of Public Works Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed ba

Starting controlled fire burns. Howick. KwaZulu Natal Midlands. South Africa

Park County, CO, June 27, 2008 Sawyer Lanny Thomise of the Juniper Valley Fire Department (Canon City) cuts into a burning tree in the Nash Ranch Fire as it reaches 1,100 acres in size. Photo: Bryan Dahlberg/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Brazil, Mato Grosso, The Pantanal, Firefighters fighting a brush fire.

Creator: Pea Island NWR. Subjects: Fire; prescribed fire; drip torch; firefighter. . 1998 - 2011.

Smoke, fire and man in forest for emergency, disaster management and damage control in bush. Mountain, help and firefighter in flame for rescue, volunteer service and courage for nature conservation

Texas A&M Forest Service supports efforts to extinguish the fire in the demolition range area at JBSA-Camp Bullis on April 10, 2022. Other organizations assisting in containing the fire include: JBSA FES, Leon Springs FD, San Antonio FD, Bexar County ESD 10, Bexar County ESD 12, Bexar-Bulverde FD, Bulverde Spring-Vranch FD, Bexar County ESD 10, Texas Forestry Service, Texas Interstate Fire, Mutual Aid System (TIFMAS), District 7 Fire Rescue, Bexar County Office of, Emergency Management, Texas Division of Emergency Management, and Canyon Lake FD. JBSA-Camp Bullis comprises more than 27,000 acres of ranges, training areas, and wild-lands on San Antonios Northside and is a crucial training location for service members from Joint Base San Antonio. (Photo by U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Robert H. Dabbs).

Fireman in protective clothing back burning forest floor

Fish and Wildlife Service employee ignites a prescribed burn on the refuge. Subjects: Employees (USFWS); Prescribed burning; Wildlife refuges. Location: Mississippi. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: GRAND BAY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. . 1998 - 2011.

A firefighter from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Fire Department 61 watches the prescribed burn event at MCAS Miramar, San Diego, California, Aug. 27, 2022. The prescribed burn was conducted as a preventative measure to eliminate underbrush or flammable substances that could spread fire during the 2022 MCAS Miramar Air Show.

Severe Wildfire Threat, Shawnee, OK, January 18, 2006 A Shawnee Fire Department firefighter extinguishes hot spots after a fire on the outskirts of town. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Lake City, FL, May 15, 2007 Firefighters work to snuff out flare ups of the Florida Bugaboo Fire. The Bugaboo Fire still rages in some areas. The U.S. Department of Homeland SecurityÆs Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized 5 Fire Management Assistance Grants between March 27th and May 10th 2007, to help Florida fight fires in 16 counties. Mark Wolfe/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

A firefighter from Klamath Basin NWRC uses a drip torch to apply fire at Bear Valley NWR. Prescribed fire is used to reduce accumulated ground fuels, in turn reducing fuel loading and associated wildfire risks. Subjects: Fire.

Smoke, teamwork and firefighter in bush for emergency, disaster management or damage control in forest. Mountain, flame and people with fire rescue, volunteer service or safety in nature conservation

A controlled forest burn, a deliberate fire set to create a healthier and more sustainable forest ecosystem. The prescribed burn of forest creates the right condition for regrowth. Whitman County, Washington, USA

Firefighter using drip torch to start burning leaf litter to help restore pine barren ecosystem

Severe Wildfire Threat, Springer, OK, January 16, 2006 Firefighters from Oklahoma, North Carolina, Virginia, and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Department do a burnout operation to contain a fire that eventually burned 350 acres. Over 400,000 acres in Oklahoma have been burned since November. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Wildfire south of the city of Boise, Idaho, USA.

Forestry Technician Tim Parry oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the Colorado State University Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the Directorate of Public Works Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed ba

Firefighters battle fires in farmland during the four-day Panorama brush fire, which started in canyons north of town and has been whipped out of control by 40-50 mph winds. Base: San Bernardino State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Forestry Technician Tim Parry oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the Colorado State University Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the Directorate of Public Works Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed ba

Firefighter starting controlled burn in prairie grass to improve habitat.

98 firefighters with support from three fire engines, two helicopters, two water tenders, a dozer and an air tanker battled to contain the 90 acre Rogers Fire located on Mt. Rogers five miles west of Aladdin, WA on the Coleville National Forest.

Starting controlled fire burns. Howick. KwaZulu Natal Midlands. South Africa

Intense heat produced by a forest fire, as firefighters look on.

Kelly Grenquist with Colorado State University (CSU) oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the CSU Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the DPW Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed banks. Burns also give na

Kelly Grenquist with Colorado State University (CSU) oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the CSU Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the DPW Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed banks. Burns also give na

Cayla Tinney, 26, wears protective clothing as she helps burn parts of River Rouge Park with the aim of eliminating invasive species; after the fire the area will be seeded with native prairie plants, Detroit, Michigan, USA, North America

Wildfires, San Diego, CA, October 26, 2007 Northern California fire crews work into the night clearing fire line and monitoring a backburn that was set to stop the Poomacha fire from advancing westward. Currently the fires in Southern California have burned more than 355,000 acres. Andrea Booher/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

A firefighter from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Fire Department 61 paces along the flight line while watching the prescribed burn event at MCAS Miramar, San Diego, California, Aug. 27, 2022. The prescribed burn was conducted as a preventative measure to eliminate underbrush or flammable substances that could spread fire during the 2022 MCAS Miramar Air Show.

Park County, CO, June 27, 2008 Members of the Lake George Fire Department cut fire line as the Nash Ranch Fire reaches 1,100 acres in size. Photo: Bryan Dahlberg/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Severe Wildfire Threat, Shawnee, OK, January 18, 2006 A Shawnee Fire Department firefighter extinguishes hotsopts after a fire on the outskirts of town. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Firefighters continue to battle the Sand Fire in the Angeles National Forest in California. In order to beat the blaze, these firefighters are removing brush from the area. (Photo Credit: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times). Firefighters continue to battle the Sand Fire in the Angeles National Forest in California. In order to beat the blaze, these firefighters are removing brush from the area. (Photo Credit: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times). Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Worker wearing fire resistant clothing burning the marsh at Metro Beach Metropark to eliminate the invasive Giant grass (Phragmites australis) and to restore native vegetation, Harrison Township, Michigan, USA, North America

Fire in a clearing in a city park

Controlled Burn In Wildlife Management Area

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98 firefighters with support from three fire engines, two helicopters, two water tenders, a dozer and an air tanker battled to contain the 90 acre Rogers Fire located on Mt. Rogers five miles west of Aladdin, WA on the Coleville National Forest.

Kelly Grenquist with Colorado State University (CSU) oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the CSU Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the DPW Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed banks. Burns also give na

Firefighter mops up burns on the Eagle Trail forest fire near Tok, Alaska, May, 2010.

Fire fighters, Forest fire

Lakewood, CO, August 4, 2008 Wild land ground crews from West Metro fire district use hoses to work on taking control of the Green Mountain fire. Photo Michael Rieger/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

98 firefighters with support from three fire engines, two helicopters, two water tenders, a dozer and an air tanker battled to contain the 90 acre Rogers Fire located on Mt. Rogers five miles west of Aladdin, WA on the Coleville National Forest.

Kelly Grenquist with Colorado State University (CSU) oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the CSU Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the DPW Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed banks. Burns also give na

Creator: Gerald Vickers. Subjects: fire; fire management; Prescribed burning; Prescribed burning; refuge; Chesapeake Marshlands NWR.

San Diego Wildfires

Firemen in protective clothing back burning forest floor

fire fighters putting out hot spots

Firefighter mops up burns on the Eagle Trail forest fire near Tok, Alaska, May, 2010.

PIROPOLIS (2024), directed by NICOLAS MOLINA.

Wildfires, San Diego, CA, October 26, 2007 A Northern California fire crew works into the night clearing fire line and monitoring the back burn that was set to stop the Poomacha fire from advancing westward. Currently the fires in Southern California have burned more than 355,000 acres. Andrea Booher/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

A firefighter with the U.S. Air Force Wildland Fire Branch, uses a drip torch to light dry vegetation on fire during a controlled burn at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 13, 2024. In controlled burns, drip torches are used to set backfires, headfires, and flank fires, depending on the burn plan. The tool allows for precise ignition of fires, helping to control the burn's spread and intensity. The burn plan is designed with stringent criteria that needs to be met before the burn could proceed, including considerations for fuel moisture, weather conditions, wind speed and direction.

Severe Wildfire Threat, Springer, OK, January 16, 2006 Firefighters from Oklahoma, North Carolina, Virginia, and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Dedpartment do a controlled burnout operation to contain a fire that eventually burned 350 acres. Since November over 400,000 acres have burned in Oklahoma. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

The use of Fire in Agriculture

Creator: Rachel Carson NWR. Subjects: Fire; prescribed fire; wui; homes. . 1998 - 2011.

FEMA Contracts Debris Removal Specialists. California Valley Fire and Butte Fire. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Kelly Grenquist with Colorado State University (CSU) oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the CSU Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the DPW Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed banks. Burns also give na

Kelly Grenquist with Colorado State University (CSU) oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the CSU Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the DPW Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed banks. Burns also give na

Brazil, Mato Grosso, The Pantanal, Firefighters fighting a brush fire.

Fire, forest and men with teamwork for emergency, disaster management and damage control in bush. Mountain, flame and people in firefighter service, rescue volunteer and safety in nature conservation

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Gunflint Trail Scenic Byway - Planting Trees During Gunflint Green Up. Planters of all ages and from many areas help in reforestation efforts after the Ham Lake Fire planting white, red, and jack pine trees. The event is called Gunflint Green Up. Gunflint Trail, Grand Marais to Saganaga Lake, Minnesota (47.972° N 90.326° W)

A firefighter sprays water on a tree on fire.

Controlled Burn In Wildlife Management Area

Kelly Grenquist with Colorado State University (CSU) oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the CSU Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the DPW Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed banks. Burns also give na

Firefighters control a forest fire

98 firefighters with support from three fire engines, two helicopters, two water tenders, a dozer and an air tanker battled to contain the 90 acre Rogers Fire located on Mt. Rogers five miles west of Aladdin, WA on the Coleville National Forest.

State firefighters spray water on wilderness fires with hoses during the four-day Panorama brush fire, which started in canyons north of town and has been whipped out of control by 40-50 mph winds. Base: San Bernardino State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Apache Women Firefighters, San Carlos, Arizona, USA.

Kelly Grenquist with Colorado State University (CSU) oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the CSU Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the DPW Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed banks. Burns also give na

Firefighters from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Fire Department 61 and San Diego Fire Rescue pace along the flight line while watching a prescribed burn event at MCAS Miramar, San Diego, California, Aug. 27, 2022. The prescribed burn was conducted as a preventative measure to eliminate underbrush or flammable substances that could spread fire during the 2022 MCAS Miramar Air Show.

Firefighters continue to battle the Sand Fire as it rages on in the Angeles National Forest outside Los Angeles, California.. Firefighters continue to battle the Sand Fire as it rages on in the Angeles National Forest outside Los Angeles, California.(Photo Credit: David McNiew/AFP/Getty Images via ABC News). Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

fire in wood

Wildfire - Boulder, Colo. , Jan. 8, 2009 Four Mile Fire District works to mop up hot spots on the Old Stage Fire with the fire truck they received through a FEMA fire mitigation grant. Photo: Michael Rieger/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Kelly Grenquist with Colorado State University (CSU) oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the CSU Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the DPW Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed banks. Burns also give na

Dave Moran - Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge mops up a prescribed fire at National Key Deer Refuge. Subjects: Work of the Service; Employees (USFWS); Prescribed burning. Location: Florida. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: NATIONAL KEY DEER REFUGE.

Wildfires, Pauma, CA, November 9, 2007 La Jolla Indian Reservation, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Firefighters work with the Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team to clear branches and brush from culverts in an effort to reduce flood risk and control erosion following the Southern California Fires. The fires burned 92%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% of the La Jolla Reservation land.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Firefighter monitoring the weather conditions during a controlled burn to improve habitat.

Pollution - 26-HK-219-46. Hurricane Katrina

Burned forest after a huge fire in the north of Portugal

Severe Wildfire Threat, Springer, OK, January 16, 2006 Firefighters from Oklahoma, North Carolina, Virginia, and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Department do a burnout operation to contain a fire that eventually burned 350 acres. Since November over 400,000 acres in Oklahoma have burned. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Firemen in protective clothing back burning forest floor

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Boise National Forest, Idaho, to meet with Forest Service officials and firefighters, and to observe effects of the summer's Middle Fork Complex and Sheep Trail Fires

Firefighters battle fires in farmland during the four-day Panorama brush fire, which started in canyons north of town and has been whipped out of control by 40-50 mph winds. Base: San Bernardino State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Severe Wildfire Threat, Springer, OK, January 16, 2006 Firefighters from Oklahoma, North Carolina, Virginia, and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Department do a burnout operation to contain a fire that eventually burned 350 acres. Over 400,000 acres in Oklahoma have burned since November. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

San Diego Wildfires

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