PPRI conducts control burn on Gjerloff Prairie

Fire, grazing are considered valuable management tools

Ethan Freese uses a tool called a drip torch to drop burning fuel into the dry grass at Gjerloff Prairie on April 30 as part of a controlled burn.
Ethan Freese uses a tool called a drip torch to drop burning fuel into the dry grass at Gjerloff Prairie on April 30 as part of a controlled burn.

Fire and grazing are considered important management tools for Prairie Plains Resource Institute and for other organizations involved in prairie conservation, thus recent rains have provided the green light necessary to proceed with cautionary control burn plans. Both fire and grazing are natural disturbances that create healthy and biodiverse grasslands, according to Amy Jones, PPRI’s executive d…