The Vineyard Golf Club is planning a prescribed fire at the Wintucket Cove frost bottom, which is located at the southern end of the golf club property along the Edgartown West Tisbury Road. The burn is expected to occur sometime in April and no later than May 15. Exact timing depends on weather conditions.

Prescribed burns are widely used to enhance ecological value of grasslands and scrub oak landscapes, and the Wintucket Cove frost bottom habitat has been damaged by overgrowth and density of vegetation, the golf club said in a press release. The prescribed fire is part of an overall habitat management plan for the rare frost bottom habitat.

The golf club has contracted with Northeast Forest and Fire Management LLC to conduct the fire. For information contact Vineyard Golf Club property manager Jeff Carlson at 508-627-8930, extension 100, or jeffcarlson@vineyardgolf.com.