Forest to MI Faucet

20 Forest to MI Faucet partners in MI: Watershed Councils, Land Conservancies, Conservation Districts, Conservation Groups, Statewide Associations, National Nonprofits

 

Project administered by DNR Forest Stewardship Program and funded by USDA Forest Service

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Michigan Prescribed Fire Council

Grant Initiatives

Focus: Educate private land owners about how forest management with prescribed fire benefits water quality in Southern MI

  • Inform 500+ landowners/public

  • Encourage 50+ landowners to develop a Prescribed Burn Plan or Forest Management Plan

  • Encourage 25+ Landowners conduct a burn

  • 6 Learn and Burns or Training events

 
 

fire management in forests and Water quality panel discussion

2025 Burning Issues Workshop Session

Speakers:

Mike Smalligan, Forest Stewardship Coordinator, MI DNR

Dan Zay, Retired State Resource Conservationist, USDA - NRCS

Justin Heslinga, Conservation Director, Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Followed by Q&A panel of all three speakers

 

Learn & Burn Events

Live prescribed fire demonstrations & interpretation

  • Touch & learn with fire tools & gear

  • Booths from local conservation organizations

  • Door prizes for attendees

  • Light snacks & refreshments

  • And more! 

 

BROCHURE

in process

 

Podcast

in process

 

EVENTS AND TRAININGS

SUBMIT EVENT OR TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

"An interagency firefighting team aided by a fire drone conducted a highly successful prescribed burn in central Wisconsin on Department of Defense land, April 11. ...Traditionally, there are two main methods for prescribed burns, hand ignition
The FIRST NE-MW Regional Prescribed Fire Science and Management Workshop will be held in Madison, Wisconsin at The Madison Concourse hotel on August 29 – 31, 2023. Sponsored by the Northeast Regional Strategy Committee (NE RSC), a regional org
"The Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC), established in April 2002 by the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to provide an intergovernmental committee to support the implementation and coordination of Federal Fire Management Policy
"Tribal officials from three Chippewa Bands signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the U.S. Forest Service this week to provide for co-stewardship and protection of “treaty-reserved rights under the 1854 Treaty” across the m
Large burn sites in forested areas are ideal for morel mushroom hunting, especially in burned areas where jack, white or red pine once grew. Grassy and other non forest areas are not as likely to produce morels. The MI DNR have put together a map of