(2007) making a home for wildlife...Prescribed Burn, July 3, 2007. Natural Resources, Department of
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Abstract
For thousands of years, wildfires kept trees out of Iowa’s tall grass prairies, releasing nutrients that fed a lush, new growth of grasses and flowers. Iowa’s native tall grass prairies and plant communities developed under fiery conditions and are part of a fi re-dependent landscape. By reintroducing fire, we recreate a process that maintains Iowa’s fertile soils in grasses and wild flowers. Since the early 1970s, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources has used prescribed burns as a management tool.
| Item Type: | Departmental Report |
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| Keywords: | wildlife, Trees, DNR, Woodlands, habitats, plants, Burning |
| Subjects: | Natural resources and environment Natural resources and environment > Ecology Natural resources and environment > Ecology > Animals Natural resources and environment > Ecology > Types of environments > Forests Natural resources and environment > Environmental assessments |
| ID Code: | 34948 |
| Deposited By: | Margaret Barr |
| Deposited On: | 22 Dec 2020 21:08 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Dec 2020 21:08 |
| URI: | https://publications.iowa.gov/id/eprint/34948 |