2018 Grassland Restoration Controlled Burn
2018 controlled burn at Battery Marcy, east of the airport. Jane Ahrens Photo
The Fishers Island Fire Department, in coordination with FIConservancy, annually conducts controlled or “prescribed” burns in the Parade Grounds and surrounding areas that are part of the Conservancy’s Grassland Restoration project.
Fire is necessary to maintain grassland, and different sections are burned on a rotating basis every three years, with careful exclusion of nesting bird areas.
John Sargent wrote a thoughtful and comprehensive story about the 2018 controlled burn.