Tag: burn

Mar 14 2014

DNR, Partners are Busy Burning

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

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The week of the Tallulah Gorge burn proved a busy one statewide for restoring habitats with prescribed fire. Fire management officer Shan Cammack says crews burned more than 5,000 acres,...

Apr 25 2013

Conservation

Rx fire season in review: Partnerships, proven skills and pound cake

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

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It has been another successful season for that band of traveling prescribed-fire specialists known as the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ seasonal fire crew. In four months, we burned 9,882...

Mar 12 2013

Conservation, Hunting

Ping Pong Balls and Helicopter Help DNR Burn Over 5,000 Acres

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

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What does it take to conduct prescribe burns? For Region IV of Wildlife Resources Division’s Game Management Section, it took a helicopter and some ping pong balls. 4,947 acres were...

Jan 28 2013

Conservation

Southern Lessons in Prescribed Fire

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

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University of Montana students learn on Georgia burns By Hilary Smith They came from the mountains, where the winter temperature often hovers on the southerly side of zero. They came...