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Park Ridge Prescribed Fire Evening Update 06-25-2024
2024 Park Ridge & Big Stump East Prescribed Burn
Publication Type: News - 06/25/2024 - 19:00
6 -25-24 Evening Update - The crew had a successful day today as they successfully completed 320 acres, bringing their total over the three days to 400 acres.
The fire effects personnel have been monitoring the fire daily and are pleased to report that it is effectively consuming dead and downed material, creating a beautiful mosaic pattern. A mosaic pattern in a prescribed fire refers to intentionally varying the intensity and coverage of fire across a landscape to create a patchwork of burned and unburned areas. This approach helps to promote biodiversity, maintain habitat diversity, and reduce the overall impact of the fire on the ecosystem.
By burning in a mosaic pattern, some areas may experience a higher intensity fire, while others may only be lightly burned or left unburned. This creates a range of habitat conditions that benefit different plant and animal species, as well as promoting overall ecosystem health.
Prescribed fire managers carefully plan and execute the burn to ensure that the mosaic pattern is achieved in a controlled and safe manner. They take into account factors such as wind direction, fuel moisture, and topography to determine where and how to apply fire to the landscape. Monitoring and post-fire assessments are also important to evaluate the effectiveness of the burn and its impact on the ecosystem.
In certain parts of the mosaic pattern, we will observe fire consuming dead and down vegetation with minimal impact on live vegetation such as shrubs and trees. In other areas, where there is a significant amount of dead and down fuels, we may see some live vegetation being consumed as well. However, the shrubs will resprout and recover within a year.
The visibility of smoke will persist throughout the evening as firefighters remain vigilant in monitoring the fire overnight. Ignition efforts will resume tomorrow, June 26.
Picture shows the mosaic pattern fire effects personal are seeing in areas.