Category: Prescribed Fire

• Prescribed Burn Crabtree Nature Center 3/2/2026

  

  This blog post captures a prairie burn, emphasizing visibility from the road. It details the fire crew’s actions, including starting backfires, managing the burn, and controlling flames around wetland vegetation. The imagery illustrates the intensity and scale of the fire, highlighting the careful monitoring and extinguishing efforts throughout the process.

  jamesandrewmcgee

  March 15, 2026

  ecology, Prescribed Fire, Uncategorized

  Crabtree Nature Center, Prescribed Burn

• Busse Woods 1/10/2026 Failure of a Restoration Group

  

  Contents Map Introduction Workday Location 1. Area cleared of common buckthorn ten years ago Sumac Expansion 2. Expanding patch of staghorn sumac 3. Closer view 4. An even closer view 5. Sumac stems scorched by fire Soil 6. Soil profile Hickories Top Killed 7. Hickories that regrew after fire Sedge 8. Carex albursina Map Introduction…

  jamesandrewmcgee

  January 14, 2026

  Ecological Restoration, ecology, Herbicide Applications, Prescribed Fire, Prescribed Fire, Uncategorized

  biodiversity, Common Buckthorn, Ecological Restoration, native-plants, nature, photography, plants, Rhamnus cathcartica

• Winter Fire 12/21/2025

  

  Contents Downspout Garden Tree Underplanting Woody Species Control Weather Conditions Future After a previous post, “Fire’s Impact on Moss in a Prairie Planting,” I wanted to see if I could burn in a manner that would reduce impacts. I had previously burned at below freezing temperatures. The brown-dead tips of Carex sprengelii burned off, leaving…

  jamesandrewmcgee

  January 1, 2026

  Ecological Restoration, Prescribed Fire, Prescribed Fire, Uncategorized

  Ecological Restoration, garden, gardening, native-plants, nature, plants, Prescribed Burning