Burn, baby burn...!

In a shot very similar to that on the front page, FWS workers carry their gas cans and torches to set fire to the invasive reed canary grass on FWS Refuge property along Upper County 24 Thursday.

Thick black smoke rises from the controlled burn on Fish and Wildlife Service property just south of Upper County 24 last Thursday afternoon.

With gas cans and torches in hand, Fish and Wildlife Service workers set fire to the invasive reed canary grass on FWS Mississippi River Refuge property along Upper County 24 Thursday. Don’t worry…they aren’t arsonists. It was just part of a prescribed…or “controlled”…burn being done by the FWS to rid the area of invasive species, including canary grass that was thick in the area. For a story and more photos of the burn, look inside this week’s Herald. —FWS Photo

The workers start the controlled burn along the slough that is sometimes referred to as the Little Zumbro River (background, left) just south of Upper County 24.

Another shot of the burned area in a view looking southwest from approximately the same location as the top photos.

The fire follows one of the FWS workers through the canary grass alongside Upper County 24 Thursday. Photos by the Fish and Wildlife Service and Michael Smith

The area that was burned Thursday on FWS property along Upper County 24 (at right) is visible in this shot looking west, with smoke from the active burn line visible in the background.

Mon, 04/02/2018 - 15:40 wheditor

by Michael Smith
It was easy to see the billows of black smoke rising high into the air over a wide area somewhere over Upper Sand Prairie.

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