Controlled burns will occur on the Lakeshore Nature Preserve on the west side of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus beginning Sunday and likely ending within two weeks, according to a university news release.
The release said prescribed fires take place each spring and fall to restore ecological balance and prevent wildfires.
“We can use fire to both inhibit and push back invasive species and promote the native plant communities that once covered much of southwestern Wisconsin,” Adam Gundlach, a university preserve field technician, said in the release.
The affected areas include fields north and west of Biocore Prairie, field and woodland areas at the base of Picnic Point, the bioswales west of the Natatorium, Willow Creek Woods and Lot 34, according to the release.
The release also said Gundlach will monitor wind conditions to make sure smoke will not blow toward campus and residential buildings.
