NEBO, N.C. (AP) - The U.S. Forest Service is completing a prescribed burn in the Grandfather Ranger District of Pisgah National Forest.
A statement from the service says the 150-acre burn, which continues Tuesday off Back Irish Creek Road, is located about two miles from the Table Rock Fish Hatchery in Burke County. The burn began on Monday.
The objective is to prepare the ground for shortleaf pine planting in the early spring as part of the Roses Creek Environmental Assessment.
The forest service is conducting the burn as part of the Grandfather Restoration Project, a 10-year project designed to restore 40,000 acres of the Grandfather Ranger District. The project is restoring ecosystems by enhancing conditions for a variety of native plants and wildlife, controlling non-native species and protecting hemlocks against hemlock woolly adelgids.
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