Prescribed fire at Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area May 4th, 2022

Written By Dinyar Minocher

Hello everyone! On May 4th, 2022 the Canadian Wildlife Service prescribed fire crew successfully conducted a prescribed fire at Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area (LML NWA).

We implemented a full year’s management on approximately 200ac of habitat…in a single day!

Our goal was to remove the standing and matted dead wetland vegetation remaining from the flooded wetland created by a dam on Lanigan Creek – the same dam that we removed in Oct 2019, in partnership with DUC.

This fire will both remove a dense mat of dead reeds *and* fertilize the soil. The seed bank and seeded natural vegetation will then be free to thrive and return this site to a low saline grassland.

Thanks to everyone who was part of this, including those who worked towards having this plan approved with COVID-19 mitigations.

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Dinyar Minocher
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