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Burn notice: Fort Stewart’s prescribed fire program draws attention, research
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A U.S. Forest Service researcher gets up close to record a prescribed burn on Fort Stewart last week. Dozens of scientists and researchers visited the post to learn more about the installation’s burn program. Photo by Pat Donahue
Prescribed burns are a matter of routine for Fort Stewart and the people charged with looking after its thousands of acres of woodlands. And they’re so good at it, nearly 100 scientists from across the country came to the sprawling post to understand the effects of prescribed burns and how beneficial those are to the base’s diverse ecology.
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