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The N.C. Forest Service’s ban doesn’t apply to burning within 100 feet of an occupied dwelling, where county fire marshals have jurisdiction. The Forest Service has asked the 30 counties to ...
Nov. 8—Haywood County has now joined a region-wide burn ban in Western North Carolina. On Sunday, 14 Western North Carolina counties were put under a burn ban, but Haywood County was not in this ...
With the latest rain on Nov. 21 and with wildfires in the area being contained, a statewide burn ban has been canceled, according to the North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
The Croatan National Forest (/ ˈ k r oʊ ə t æ n /) [3] is a U.S. National Forest, was established on July 29, 1936, and is located on the Atlantic coast of North Carolina. It is administered by the United States Forest Service , a part of the United States Department of Agriculture .
The North Carolina Forest Service, formerly known as the North Carolina Division of Forest Resources is a North Carolina state government agency responsible for providing land management assistance to landowners. The agency's primary responsibility is wildland fire control on all state and privately owned land in North Carolina, United States. [1]
A controlled burn or prescribed burn (Rx burn) is the practice of intentionally setting a fire to change the assemblage of vegetation and decaying material in a landscape. The purpose could be for forest management , ecological restoration , land clearing or wildfire fuel management.
The agency, crediting the North Carolina Forest Service, said the Crooked Creek fire containment was at 55% with 220 acres burned. A downed power line during high winds on Wednesday sparked the ...
Bladen Lakes State Forest IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources) View from Fire Tower towards Elizabethtown Location of Bladen Lakes State Forest in North Carolina Location Bladen County, North Carolina, United States Coordinates 34°41′18″N 78°35′40″W / 34.68833°N 78.59444°W / 34.68833; -78.59444 Area 32,950 acres (133.3 km 2 ...