The Maine Forest Rangers teamed up with the United States Forest Service and U Maine for a controlled burn at the Penobscot Experimental Forest.
Two plots of land, about an acre in size each, were set on fire on purpose Monday at the Bradley forest. It was used as both a training exercise and for research, to better prepare the state for forest fires.
"It gives us an opportunity to train some of our local firefighters and also test out some new equipment that we got," said Maine Forest Ranger Ben Goodwin. "So it works for both parties involved. "
The U.S Forest Service and U Maine used the controlled burn for sustainability research.
"It's an excellent collaboration at the state, the federal, and the local scale and we're so proud to have this," said Dr. Bethany Munoz Delgado with the U.S. Forest Service.