Burning Rice Woodland

Flames on forest floor with dry leaves and bare trunks of trees

KU Field Station staff worked with the Kansas Forest Service to conduct the Rice Woodland burn in 2023. Burning, a traditional management tool for woodlands, is needed to control encroaching invasive plant species in the understory. Woodland burning for this purpose typically is done every few years in the autumn.

Wed, 02/05/2025

Kirsten Bosnak

In this Kansas Canopy Podcast by the Kansas Forest Service, Sheena Parsons, manager of the KU Field Station, discusses the prescribed burn of the Rice Woodland tract with EJ Jamison, Northeast Rural District forester, and Bryce Haverkamp, Northeast District fire management officer.