Cameron County School District
On Monday, some of the Envirothon students were able to attend a prescribed burn with a crew from the Elk State Forest.
Isaac Grovanz, Jacob Kolby, and Sheamus Callahan observed the ignition team light fires within a deer exclusion fence to kill the less-desirable, shallow-rooted trees and allow more regeneration of deep-rooted oaks. We also talked with the 3 hold teams, whose job was to contain the fire within the target area.
Thank you to Peter Zoschg for organizing the field trip, to fire boss Jeremy Hamilton for the excellent pre-fire briefing, to Suzanne Bowers-Zoschg for being our liaison, and to the whole crew for sharing their expertise!
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