Prescribed burns scheduled to mitigate wildfires, improve habitats
A burn team prepares for a prescribed burn at the Scatter Creek Unit near Rochester. The team was made up of representatives from Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, the Washington Department of Natural Resources, the Chehalis Tribe and the Ecostudies Institute.
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OLYMPIA — Across Washington, ecosystems ranging from the Western Washington prairies and meadows to the Columbia Basin wetlands and Eastern Washington's pine forests and shrub-steppe are showing positive effects of prescribed fire, according to a statement from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. WDFW, along with its partners, utilizes this natural management tool to reduce wildfire fuel and severity, improve wildlife habitats and promote native species across the state.
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