by Frank Lee
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Klinefelter Park recently received a makeover earlier this month by way of a prescribed burn.
The city of St. Joseph hired a company to burn off the holding ponds at the park, which is located south of Dale Street East and west of 12th Avenue, according to Fire Chief Jeff Taufen.
“With plants like wildflowers or grass, it’s a good deal to try and burn off every two to three years to produce more growth,” Taufen said.
The St. Joseph Fire Department consists of 30 volunteers who operate out of one fire station.
“We were going to do it as a training burn,” Taufen said. “But unfortunately with volunteers, we don’t have the flexibility with time and weather and everything to do something like that. We ran out of time, so the city hired somebody else (to do the burn).”
Klinefelter Park’s amenities include playground equipment, portable restrooms, benches, a bituminous trail, a memorial monument, two pedestrian bridges, and picnic tables/shelter.
“We were out there (at the burn),” Taufen said. “Nobody needed to be evacuated. It was just a small little prairie burn to burn off the mowed grass.”
The city of St. Joseph hired a company to burn off the holding ponds earlier this month at Klinefelter Park, which is located south of Dale Street E. and west of 12th Avenue.
The city of St. Joseph hired a company to burn off the holding ponds earlier this month at Klinefelter Park, which is located south of Dale Street E. and west of 12th Avenue.
The city of St. Joseph hired a company to burn off the holding ponds earlier this month at Klinefelter Park, which is located south of Dale Street East and west of 12th Avenue.
The city of St. Joseph hired a company to burn off the holding ponds earlier this month at Klinefelter Park, which is located south of Dale Street East and west of 12th Avenue.
