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Recent Sightings Friendly fire

March 30, 2016
Photo: Worker tending to controlled fire Photo by: Jeff Miller

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.