Monday, April 19, 2010
Land Between The Lakes Controlled Burns
KENTUCKY...
Managers at Land Between the Lakes have proposed burning almost 24,000 acres of the federal recreation area this year and early next year. The U.S. Forest Service plan for five prescribed burns on the 170,000-acre reserve would be the most burned in any year. LBL forester Jamie Hernandez said controlled burns are good tools to reduce fuel for wildfires and help the forest grow oak and hickory trees, which are beneficial to wildlife, and take out young shade-tolerant trees like maples. Burns so far this spring have included 3,359 acres in the southern end of LBL near Dover, Tenn., and one near Wranglers Campground.
Managers at Land Between the Lakes have proposed burning almost 24,000 acres of the federal recreation area this year and early next year. The U.S. Forest Service plan for five prescribed burns on the 170,000-acre reserve would be the most burned in any year. LBL forester Jamie Hernandez said controlled burns are good tools to reduce fuel for wildfires and help the forest grow oak and hickory trees, which are beneficial to wildlife, and take out young shade-tolerant trees like maples. Burns so far this spring have included 3,359 acres in the southern end of LBL near Dover, Tenn., and one near Wranglers Campground.
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