Prescribed burns are planned this afternoon for parts of Biocore prairie on campus adjacent to the Howard Temin Lakeshore Path. More details below. chuck
From: ADAM M GUNDLACH Sent: Monday, April 02, 2018 9:57 AM To: preserve_prescribed_f...@lists.wisc.edu Subject: Prescribed burn planned today - Biocore prairie Importance: High Burns planned last Friday were postponed due to unfavorable conditions. Given the current forecast, a prescribed burn is planned today for Biocore prairie<http://map.wisc.edu/s/1jy00a7p>. Fire crew personnel will be onsite early-afternoon to assess conditions and make a final determination on whether to proceed. Depending on timing and weather conditions, burns may also be conducted in following units: 1) Lot 60 Swale (prairie planting north of parking lot, east of Goodman Softball Complex) 2) University Bay Dr. Swale (prairie planting from Picnic Point entrance west to Lake Mendota Dr.) 3) Eagle Heights Woods mounds-west slope Smoke will impact the Howard Temin Lakeshore path for periods during ignition of the Lot 60 and University Bay Drive swales. For more information regarding the use of prescribed fire, see this UW Communications press release<https://lakeshorepreserve.wisc.edu/2018/03/23/spring-is-prescribed-fire-season/>. Please be in touch if you have any questions. Regards, Adam Gundlach "Did American Indians really burn the land? Of course they did. All peoples do, even those committed to industrial combustion, who disguise their fires in machines." ~ Stephen J. Pyne
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