BLOOMINGTON — The Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department will begin prairie burning this week, weather permitting.
Burns will take place at Tipton Park on March 29, Miller Dam and The Grove Park on March 30, and The Grove Park on March 31.
A crew from the Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department did a prescribed burn Tuesday morning at The Grove to control invasive plants and improve the prairie health.
According to the Parks and Recreation Department, burns are conducted to help restore and manage public prairies in the city with plant communities indigenous to the region and to improve ecological conditions.
For more information on Bloomington's forestry projects, call 309-434-2280.
Photos: Prairie burns keep invasive species under control in Bloomington parks
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Heat from flames distorts the air as a worker for the city of Bloomington torches weeds and other plants at The Grove Park on Ireland Grove Road.
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Bloomington parks and recreation workers start a controlled burn Tuesday in The Grove Park on Ireland Grove Road in east Bloomington. Crews will be out burning lands in several parks to promote natural prairie grasses.
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A worker torches weeds and other plants along the shore of a small creek in The Grove Park on Tuesday.
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Vegetations burns Tuesday in The Grove Park on Ireland Grove Road.
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A worker for the city of Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department torches weeds and other plants along a small creek in The Grove Park on Ireland Grove Rd. in east Bloomington, Tuesday, March 9, 2021.
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Workers for the city of Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department torch weeds and other plants at The Grove Park on Ireland Grove Rd. in east Bloomington, Tuesday, March 9, 2021.
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A worker for the city of Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department torches weeds and other plants in The Grove Park on Ireland Grove Rd. in east Bloomington, Tuesday, March 9, 2021.
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A fire break wraps around itself as workers burn off prairie grass at The Grove Park on Ireland Grove Rd. in east Bloomington, Tuesday, March 9, 2021.
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City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department workers keep an eye out for runaway flames as they conduct a prairie burn in The Grove Park on Ireland Grove Rd. in east Bloomington, Tuesday, March 9, 2021.
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A worker for the city of Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department puts out stray fires at The Grove Park on Ireland Grove Rd. in east Bloomington, Tuesday, March 9, 2021.
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Olivia Jacobs
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