Tue, Jul 25
|Fort Knox
Prescribed Fire for Limestone Glade and Woodland Restoration on Fort Knox Military Installation
This field trip will provide a snapshot view of the processes, as well as lead into other topics such as glades, woodland restoration, forest management and fire, and general prescribed fire practices.
Time & Location
Jul 25, 2023, 9:00 AM – Jul 26, 2023, 2:00 PM
Fort Knox, Fort Knox, KY, USA
About the Event
Fort Knox is home to several remnant glades scattered across the installation that have seen restoration efforts from the Natural Resources Branch. The Cedar Creek Glade Complex is located in Hardin County and has a history of prescribed fire as well as cedar removal and invasive species control treatments. These glades are a unique community that support a suite of rare & state-listed plants and are under threat of woody encroachment from both cedar and hardwood competition. Prescribed fire is one management tool used within the glades to maintain their unique plant and animal communities. A concentrated effort was initiated in 2016 to restore forest & glade connectivity to an open woodland condition on ~175 acres. Midstory herbicide treatment followed by a commercial timber sale were the first management actions initiated to reduce forest stocking in 2017 and 2018. Although historical prescribed fires focused specifically on the glades themselves more…