Fire Regime

2000 Prescribed Fire, the first at Fort Union Trading Post NHS Paula Andersen

Nature & Science
Fire Regime

The park implemented a prescribed fire program in 2000. As part of the management and re-establishment of native grass species, prescribed fire is used to mimic the role that wildfire once played on the prairie.

Fire Management Program Center supplemental website

https://www.nps.gov/ngpfire/fous.htm