controlled images - Joel Sartore

Local firefighters from the Palmyra Fire Department practiced their technique on a controlled house burn.

Local firefighters from the Palmyra Fire Department practiced their technique on a controlled house burn.

Local firefighters from the Palmyra Fire Department practiced their technique on a controlled house burn.

Local firefighters from the Palmyra Fire Department practiced their technique on a controlled house burn.

Local firefighters from the Palmyra Fire Department practiced their technique on a controlled house burn.

Managers at the Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR must use controlled fire to kill invasive woody species and keep the prairie healthy.

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