Firefighters from the U. S. Forest Service burned Camas Prairie, off Moose Creek Road east of Cascadia, Friday to restore the wetland back to conditions similar to those found in the early 1800s.
USFS botanist Alice Smith said the prairie is being burned every two years to improve the habitat for camas, which produces a bulb that was a staple of the Indian tribes who used to inhabit the area. Burning will also reduce competition…