Evening Prairie Burn

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 fire-dependent landscape. By reintroducing fire in a safe, planned manner, we recreate a process that maintains Iowa’s fertile soils in grasses and wildflowers.