Past: Prescription Fire: Medicine for a Healthy Habitat

Small flames dance across the forest floor as a fire passes through a woodland in Missouri. While many of us regard this as something quite detrimental, fires - when managed appropriately - are actually one of the most effective tools for maintaining healthy habitats. Join Paul Breitenstein, Vice President of the Prescribed Burn Association and long-time structural and wildland firefighter,

as he teaches about how prescribed fire can be used as medicine to help create healthier forests, prairies, and ecosystems. Methods of how to perform prescribed fire effectively and appropriately will be discussed. This program is part of the Cape Nature Center Native Plant Seminar, a week of virtual and in person programs leading up to a native plant sale on Saturday March 16th . This program will be held on the day of the plant sale.