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October 2026 Luncheon & General Meeting

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Urban Interface Prescribed Burns,
an Effective Land Management Tool


presented by

Eric Foht
Director of Natural Resources, Naples Botanical Garden

Fire is vital to Florida ecosystems and prescribed fire is a powerful land management tool that conserves plant diversity, prevents dangerous wildfires, and safeguards human lives. A prescribed fire or burn is a carefully planned and intentionally set fire used to manage land and ecosystems. It reduces the buildup of combustible vegetation, which can help prevent larger, uncontrolled wildfires and decrease risks to humans and human-dominated landscapes. A burn helps maintain the health of an ecosystem by promoting the growth of fire-adapted plants and recycling nutrients back into the soil.

This topic is particularly important right now with wildfires burning in Big Cypress and severe drought conditions in our County. Peninsular Florida has one of the highest incidences of lightening in the world. During the dry season, these lightning strikes can start wildfires that are difficult to control. With regular clearing of the debris, with controlled burns, especially near residential areas, wildfires don’t spread as quickly and are easier to manage.

The Naples Botanical Garden is one of few entities in Florida to conduct “urban interface burns”. Working with the Florida Forest Service and Florida Fish & Wildlife, the Botanical Garden has designed procedures and considerations to conduct urban interface prescribed burns while successfully protecting residential property. This practice of burning natural land adjacent to developed areas to reduce the risk of wildfires has become a specialty of the Garden.

 

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Date and Time

Monday, October 12, 2026, 11:30 AM until 1:30 PM

Location

Tiburon Golf Club
2620 Tiburon Drive
Naples, FL  34109
USA

Event Contact(s)

Tina Palmese
Hospitality Chair

Category

General Meetings/Monthly Luncheons

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