Wisconsin Land Damaged by Wildfire Already Recovering

May 14th and 15th several thousand acres of forest in Douglas County were destroyed by wildfires. However nature is already at work, and plants are beginning to grow and trees will be sprouting later this summer.

See this article from the Superior Telegram with more details.

Department of Natural Resources officials say the ecological recovery for 7,442 acres burned in last month’s wildfire is already underway.

The area could recover in as few as five years. Brule forestry supervisor Jay Gallagher says that fire — although this one was manmade — is a natural process.

“Fire is a recurring thing. We’ve just controlled it since our presence here,” he said. “We don’t see near the frequency of fire, but it’s a natural component of the ecology of that landscape.”

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