Prescribed burns will take place on some 110,586 acres at Bankhead, Conecuh, Talladega and Tuskegee national forests (NFinAlabama) over the next six months. The burn schedule will depend on weather, USDA said. Details in the post:
The prescribed burns will take place on some 110,586 acres at Bankhead, Conecuh, Talladega and Tuskegee national forests over the next six months. The burn schedule will depend on weather, USDA said.
The prescribed burns are low-intensity fired ignited by trained personnel to remove things such as vegetation and dead wood that would enable wildfires to burn hotter and longer. “Applying prescribed fire on the land at the right place, at the right time, under the right conditions benefits the land and the surrounding communities,” USDA said in a statement.Bankhead National Forest – 21,500 acres in Winston and Lawrence countiesTalladega National Forest- 40,000 acres in Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne and Talladega counties.
Talladega National Forest - 35,000 acres in Bibb, Dallas, Perry, Tuscaloosa, Hale, and Chilton counties.The Forest Service fire specialists plan to conduct prescribed burns on approximately 110,586 acres throughout Alabama’s national forests – Bankhead, Conecuh, Talladega, and Tuskegee- during the next six months, depending on the weather.
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