PARKS & RECREATION UPDATES

PARKS & RECREATION BOARD MEETING

Learn and ask questions about Parks and Recreation Bond projects at the Parks and Recreation Board meeting on Tuesday, March 7 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Department of Public Services, located at 851 South Eton Topics on the agenda include:

Annual Golf Report

Parks and Recreation Board Rules of Procedure

Attend in person at the Department of Public Services, located at 851 South Eton Street (park inside the gate and use the side entrance), or learn how to participate via Zoom at www.bhamgov.org/participate. Find more information about Parks & Recreation bond projects at www.bhamgov.org/parksbond.

Prescribed Burn Scheduled For Barnum Park

Barnum Park natural areas will be treated with a prescribed ecological burn in mid to lateMarch, weather dependent The Birmingham Fire Department has issued a permit for this burn to be conducted. The safe and carefully controlled ecological burns will be completed by David Borneman LLC, a contractor with over 30 years of professional experience David Borneman LLC has completed burns in the City's native plant and prairie areas for the past five years, at Barnum, Booth and Quarton Lake parks.

Why burn? Historically, fire was a regular and frequent component of our landscape in the Midwest The fires stimulated many plant species to grow more vigorously and discouraged others that did not adapt to the heat from the fire. Today, many non-native plant species have invaded our natural fire-adapted ecosystems, decreasing the diversity of native plants and animals. By bringing fire back to these sites we encourage the competitive advantage that native species have evolved with and restore the site to its former ecological health.

If you have specific questions about prescribed burning, please visit RestoringNatureWithFire com or contact David Borneman LLC at Dave@Restoring-Nature com or 734-845-0634.