Burn Plan
November 2017 - September 2018
Outdoor Recreation staff posts weekly notices regarding burns during actual hunt days, as notified by the wildland fire crew. Hunters concerned about equipment should remove it when they leave the installation.
- Pink shaded areas = Tentative areas scheduled for burn
- Grey shaded areas = Recent burns (1 or 2 years ago)
- White areas = Areas not burned nor planned for burn
Fire benefits native Florida wildlife!
Frequent fire maintains native habitats, restores critical nutrients to the soil and prevents large fuel loads from building up which then create larger, hotter and deadlier fires. Pineland and prairie plants and animals (including wild turkey and white-tailed deer) are adapted to and thrive with fire. Areas not burned would quickly become overrun by fire intolerant "hammock" habitat plants. A natural mosaic pattern with multiple habitat types (pineland, prairie, hammock, cutgrass seeps, cypress swamp, and marsh) allows for the greatest biodiversity.
Frequent fire maintains native habitats, restores critical nutrients to the soil and prevents large fuel loads from building up which then create larger, hotter and deadlier fires. Pineland and prairie plants and animals (including wild turkey and white-tailed deer) are adapted to and thrive with fire. Areas not burned would quickly become overrun by fire intolerant "hammock" habitat plants. A natural mosaic pattern with multiple habitat types (pineland, prairie, hammock, cutgrass seeps, cypress swamp, and marsh) allows for the greatest biodiversity.