PHOTOS: Prescribed burn at Woolsey Prairie

March 19, 2019 at 11:20 a.m.

NWA Democrat-Gazette/DAVID GOTTSCHALK Wes McKinney, burn boss with Wildland Habitat, uses a drip torch Monday during a burn at the Woolsey Wet Prairie Sanctuary in Fayetteville. The burn serves as a vegetation management effort to maintain the plant community. Baseline monitoring identified 47 plant species at the site in 2005. At the end of the 2018 growing season, 482 plant species have been observed, 11 of which are species of special concern that are tracked by the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission.
NWA Democrat-Gazette/DAVID GOTTSCHALK Wes McKinney, burn boss with Wildland Habitat, uses a drip torch Monday during a burn at the Woolsey Wet Prairie Sanctuary in Fayetteville. The burn serves as a vegetation management effort to maintain the plant community. Baseline monitoring identified 47 plant species at the site in 2005. At the end of the 2018 growing season, 482 plant species have been observed, 11 of which are species of special concern that are tracked by the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission.

Tuesday's Feature Gallery includes photos from spring break activities at the Jones Center and Mount Sequoyah. Also, a prescribed burn at the Woolsey Wet Prairie Sanctuary, along with other activities that went on in Northwest Arkansas.

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NW News on 03/19/2019

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