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INPFC Launches a Prescribed Fire Log Tool

The INPFC is interested in tracking prescribed fires across Indiana. The INPFC Prescribed Fire Logging Tool will help the INPFC: Track the use of prescribed fire across Indiana and over time Demonstrate a safety record of prescribed fire Support outreach,...
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Indiana DNR Certified Prescribed Burn Manager Experience Log

Use this log format to keep track of your experiences. download document
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Chicago Tribune: Prescribed burns postoned in Gary’s Miller neighborhood

The mimicking of Mother Nature’s regular cycle of fire at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore kicked off Thursday in Gary’s Miller neighborhood. Fire managers from the IDNL planned two fires that began near the Douglas Center for Environmental Education on...
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The News-Dispatch: Setting fires to help the environment

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...
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WBIW: Hoosier National Forest Plans Fall Prescribed Burns

Prescribed fire is used to maintain, restore, or improve early successional habitat for wildlife, maintain wetlands, restore and maintain unique barren communities, and restore oak-hickory-dominated ecosystems. read article
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NYT: Setting Fires and Restoring an American Landscape

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