Controlled Burn Season Begins in Lake County Forest Preserve District
The district conducts the burns to restore and improve natural plant and animal communities.
Controlled burn season is starting in your Lake County Forest Preserves. The burns improve habitat for native plants and wildlife. Specially trained and equipped Forest Preserve staff and volunteers carefully conduct the controlled burns, selecting sites based on wind and other weather conditions. Every spring and fall for the past 25 years, the Lake County Forest Preserves has safely conducted controlled burns to restore and improve natural plant and animal communities. Native woodlands, savannas, prairies and wetlands are fire-dependent communities that require regular controlled burns to maintain their ecological value. Controlled burns replace historical fires that naturally occurred in Lake County for thousands of years. They …
