Next to Empire Grade Road near UC Santa Cruz, firefighters touch their torches to the dried grass, causing flames to fan out across the field. The burn engulfs shrubs and saplings that grow amongst ...

COURTESY U.S. ARMY Bryson Kamakura, firefighter, Army Wildland Fire, ignites invasive Guinea grass with a drip torch during the Army’s 2016 prescribed burn. The firefighters burn invasive guinea grass ...