Last week we completed a controlled burn of our Meadow Garden. While controlled burns can serve as a powerful tool in land management for the prevention of wildfires, we burn about one third of our meadows each year to preserve the habitat and promote biodiversity. Fire has shaped landscapes for millennia, and our skilled crew of ecologists and fire safety professionals harness its power to restore and sustain the land. But how does fire actually help plants thrive? What does it take to safely c