Fall Burns Planned For Ramsey County Parks

Press release from Ramsey County Government:

October 26, 2021

Ramsey County Parks & Recreation will conduct prescribed burns of some county-owned prairies and woodlands this fall. Burns are planned to occur throughout November. Experienced county staff and contractors work carefully to manage smoke conditions while conducting burns, however, some residents may smell smoke.

Prescribed burns improve the growth of native vegetation including shrubs, grasses and wildflowers, and helps to control weeds.

Specific dates and times of the burns are dependent on weather and wind conditions and generally cannot be determined more than one day in advance. Whenever possible, burn information will be shared on ramseycounty.us/Parks and the Parks & Recreation Twitter and Facebook pages.

Parks where burns will take place include:

• Bald Eagle-Otter Lakes Regional Park - Raingarden
• Keller Regional Park - Lakeside
• Lake Josephine County Park
• Long Lake Regional Park
• Tony Schmidt Regional Park
• Vadnais-Snail Lakes Regional Park - Grass Lake prairie/woodland

This press release was produced by Ramsey County Government. The views expressed here are the author’s own.