Red Valley Prescribed Fire

Size: 4200 acres (2200 acres - Wind Cave; 2000 acres - Custer State Park)

Date(s): April 15, 2004

Primary Goals
1. Increase native grass and forb cover.
2. Reduce cover of Kentucky bluegrass.
3. Reduce ponderosa pine density.
4. Create a mosaic of burned and unburned shrubland.

Prescribed Fire Monitoring Report

Location of Red Valley prescribed fire.

Ignition beginning at the northeast corner of the unit.

A helicopter was used for aerial ignition.

Dale Woitas uses an ATV driptorch for ignition.

Fire burning through one of the forest stands in the unit.

A post-burn view of the unit.