The News-Dispatch: Setting fires to help the environment

September 18, 2025 Ishani Mishra

While uncontrolled wildfires have ravaged large areas of the West this year, the National Park Service plans to set a few controlled fires in Northwest Indiana to protect the environment – if the weather cooperates. The Park Service is planning five prescribed fires this fall in the Indiana Dunes national Lakeshore with a total of about 1,233 acres scheduled to be burned.

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Indiana DNR Certified Prescribed Burn Manager Experience Log

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