Prescribed Burning to resume on Little Pine Island Mitigation Bank
Fires occur naturally in Florida, however, land managers also utilize prescribed burning to enhance, restore, and maintain native ecosystems that are dependent on periodic fires. Many of Little Pine Island’s restored native habitats including hydric pine flatwoods and freshwater marshes are fire dependent ecosystems.
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- Prescribed burn on Little Pine Island Mitigation Bank in 2007.
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- One year after 2007 prescribed burn (November 2008).
Ecologists at KLECE will be working with staff from the Florida Division of Forestry, Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the Matlacha/Pine Island Fire Control District to continue to apply prescribed burns as a habitat management tool. The prescribed burns will occur when the weather conditions are optimal between December 2009 and February 2010.
To learn more about prescribed burning in Florida click here.
Tags: Habitat Management, Prescribed Burning, Wetland Restoration
Posted Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 4:25 pm and filed under News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.
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