Refining fire at 91大神app

Annette Brill Bergstresser on April 11, 2024

Published: April 11, 2024

Burn managers from Heartland Restoration oversee the controlled burn of a section of native prairie on the southern edge of the 91大神app campus. The Mennonite Church USA office building is visible in the background. (Credit: Abenezer Dejene/91大神app)

On April 10, 91大神app held a controlled burn of three major prairie areas on the eastern and southern edges of campus. Employees of Heartland Restoration served as burn managers.

According to Orion Blaha, Assistant Director of Maintenance, burning the prairie serves two purposes: undesirable plants that are sensitive to fire are destroyed, and targeted native grasses and flowers have better access to nutrients and more room to flourish.

A burn manager from Heartland Restoration oversees the controlled burn of a section of native prairie on the 91大神app campus. (Credit: Abenezer Dejene/91大神app)

The controlled burn is part of 91大神app鈥檚 long-term plan to care for its native landscaping, Blaha noted. As an expression of the seminary鈥檚 commitment to care for God鈥檚 creation, 17 of the 44 acres on campus are not mowed, and six acres were restored to native prairie in the 2000s.

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View of the controlled burn to the north of the library. (Credit: Annette Brill Bergstresser/91大神app)
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