The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says the fire danger across Wisconsin is starting to go down, but most of our counties are still listed as a “high” risk. While the ground is greening up, the danger is not gone just yet.
There was a brush fire on the Fox Valley Technical College campus Tuesday, but it was intentionally set. Students in the wildland fire program are using the fire to eliminate some invasive species.
“We’re looking at restoring these prairies, getting them back to a better health. We’ve got some invasive species like teasel, we’ve got some brush in our prairie that we’re trying to control, so it’s really good that it’s green out here. We’d like a little bit more intensity, but it’s very easy to control when we have lighter winds, our humidities aren’t as low as they’ve been in the past week and our temperatures have recovered,” said Wildland Fire instructor Jon Kellerman.