VIDEO: KU Field Station researchers use fire to protect the forest

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Staff from the KU Field Station and the Kansas Forest Service worked together last autumn to conduct a prescribed burn of the Rice Woodland tract of the Baldwin Woods Forest Preserve outside of Lawrence. Though it seems destructive, this process allows native plant life to thrive by controlling invasive plant species in the forest — and preventing spontaneous wildfires throughout the rest of the year.

Video description: Researchers and fire practitioners move throughout the Baldwin Woods Forest Preserve, lighting dried leaves on fire along the forest floor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrlIcdBcP2s