On September 23, 2025, MassWildlife hosted a Zoom webinar about MassWildlife’s Prescribed Fire Program. Prescribed Fire Program Manager Caren Caljouw will provide an overview of fire's ecological role on the landscape and the history of MassWildlife's prescribed fire program. She will demonstrate why fire is an important habitat management tool in Massachusetts, and showcase examples of how MassWildlife uses prescribed fire to conserve wildlife and improve habitat conditions. Habitat Biologist and Burn Boss Ben Mazzei will describe his recent experience on a wildfire deployment in Alaska with the Mass Inter-Agency wildfire crew and how that work not only helps communities at risk in other parts of the country but contributes to skills and training at home on prescribed fire.
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