Every year students in Professor James Stubbendieck's
Range Management class get some hands on experience
burning Maxwell Arboretum's prairie
Students get in position to begin the burnProfessor Stubbendieck gives some final instructionThe assistant begins the back burnProfessor Stubbendieck explains the back burnTwo students move in to control the fire's spreadProfessor Stubbendieck moves down a prairie path to set the main fireUsing the drip torch to start the main fireMeanwhile, on the other side, students get instruction on using the drip torchAfter only two weeks, the native grasses are growing well