UWSP offers online series on prescribed fire forest management
By Patrick Lynn
UW-Stevens Point’s Wisconsin Forestry Center is hosting an online speaker series on prescribed fire forest management, showcasing how prescribed fire can be used as a tool to benefit forest ecosystems and restore the environment.
The year-long webinar series, titled “Prescribed Fire for Forest Management,” is free of charge and takes place monthly from 8:30-10 a.m. on select Wednesdays through October. The presentations will be available for viewing online via Zoom, with registration required.
While the presentation series is primarily designed for natural resource professionals, it is open to all participants interested in forest management and prescribed fire. It will focus on the importance of prescribed fire for ecosystem health, forest regeneration, wildlife habitat, forest health, and disease control. Details can be found at uwsp.edu/wfc.
The series includes the following topics:
- 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.
