Recent Sightings Friendly fire
![Photo: Worker tending to controlled fire](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2016/03/Arb_prairie_burn16_5708-1024x682.jpg)
UW Arboretum land care staff member Austin Pethan uses a drip torch as a 10-person staff manages a prescribed fire at Juniper Knoll on March 29. Fire is used as a wildland management tool to help control competing vegetation, reduce potential buildup of excess flammable materials, and perpetuate fire-dependent species.
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