Spring fires: Some are ‘prescribed,’ others are not across New York

Across New York fire can be a tool for creating habitat and battling invasive species during the spring. This is done in the form of prescribed fires often performed by Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers, Fish and Wildlife staff and volunteers.

Other times, human error leads to unintentional wild fires and is thus the reason for New York’s annual brush burning ban. What follows are reports from DEC on recent activity in relation to wild fires and prescribed burns in New York.

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