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The key to prescribed burning is control…control achieved by carefully choosing the time and conditions under which the burn is conducted. Uncontrolled wildfire can be one of nature’s most destructive forces destroying timber, burning homes and infrastructure, killing wildlife and causing human deaths. Properly conducted, control burns do not kill trees that have grown beyond the seedling stage. They burn along the forest floor with flames rarely rising higher than three to six feet from the ground. (Courtesy photo)
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The key to prescribed burning is control … control achieved by carefully choosing the time and conditions under which the burn is conducted. Uncontrolled wildfire can be one of nature’s most destructive forces destroying timber, burning homes and infrastructure; killing wildlife and causing human deaths. Properly conducted, control burns do not kill trees that have grown beyond the seedling stage. They burn along the forest floor with flames rarely rising higher than three to six feet from the ground. (Courtesy photo)


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