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Prescribed Burning To Prevent Spread of Forest Fires

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Uploaded by on Feb 22, 2010

The 2007 South Georgia and North Florida forest fires wont soon be forgotten by those who fought them, or the landowners who saw damage to pines and hardwoods that took decades to grow. Rick Treptow reports this week that now is the time for landowners to implement prescribed or controlled burning, a relatively simple technique to prevent future fires from becoming widespread.

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  • @viewsonic362 Changes made to the title and description of this clip to make them more accurate. Thanks for pointing out the need for clarification.

  • Prescribed fire do not prevent forest fires. They may reduce the chance of it becoming a larger fire. Also it helps with the local eco system.

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