There’s nothing more spectacular than a night prairie fire. On the evening of March 17, crews from the Winnebago County Forest Preserve District burned part of a prairie at the Pecatonica Forest Preserve, part of Severson Dells Nature Center’s Spring Awakening party.
These photos were taken by David Olson.
(Left: The windmill near the Pec Barn)
Video (below) was taken by Phil Pilcher of Goodwill Abilities Center, who is a Severson Dells Nature Center board member
Guests watch as an area near the limestone barn burns.
Dan Johnson of the Winnebago County Forest Preserve
A fire line looks snakelike as technicians do a back burn to prevent fire from jumping outside the prairie
Watch the prairie burn… (silent video by Phil Pilcher)
