Structure protection wrap on the History Chesser Homestead during the Sweat Farm/Big Turnaround wildfire that started on Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge as the result of a lightening strike.
Fires; Habitat restoration; Grasslands; Wildlife refuges; Prescribed burning; Fire management;
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.
A 292-acre Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) prescribed burn is conducted on Balcones National Wildlife Refuge in Texas in February 2004 to remove accumulated juniper cuttings from a previous mechanical thinning project.
Steven Hubner, NE Region Wildland Urban Interface Coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service conducts a prescibed burn for warm season grass maintenance at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware.Bombay Hook National Wildlife...
Prescribed burning; Fires; Roads; Buildings, facilities and structures; Equipment
Prescribed fires conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on National Wildlife Refuge lands that are located near communities lessen the chance wildfires will cause major damage to private property and structures.
This a prescribed burn at the headquarters of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District in Minnesota. Travis Nelson (seasonal fire fighter) is moving hose. White engine is a type 7 engine fitted with Mat Tracks...
Fires; Fire management; Roads; Buildings, facilities and structures; Prescribed burning; Aerial photography
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service prescribed fires are used to reduce hazardous fuel loads, especially in Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) areas. Cambridge1
