Trail of Tears Prescribed Burn
DNR, MDC and the US Forest Service came together for a 1,300 acre prescribed burn in the northern section of Trail of Tears State Park.
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Heat warps Chris Crabtree as he monitors a burn Wednesday morning, April 8, 2009, at Trail of Tears State Park. The 1,300 acre burn was a collaborative effort with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Missouri Department of Conservation and United States Forest Service.
(Kit Doyle)
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Tim Turpin oversees a prescribed burn while holding a fire starter tank Wednesday morning, April 8, 2009, at Trail of Tears State Park. The 1,300 acre burn was a collaborative effort with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Missouri Department of Conservation and United States Forest Service. Turpin said that it is the largest managed burn in state park history.
(Kit Doyle)
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Plumes of smoke rose to the sky as 1300 acres of Trail of Tears State Park burned a controlled burn with a collabortive effort from Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Missouri Department of Conservation and United States Forest Service. Controlled burning is a form of forest management and stimulates germination to help renew a forest.
(Elizabeth Dodd)
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Tim Turpin starts a 1,300 acre prescribed burn Wednesday morning, April 8, 2009, along the Peewah Trail at Trail of Tears State Park.
(Kit Doyle)
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Chris Crabtree stands sentinel over a prescribed burn Wednesday morning, April 8, 2009, at Trail of Tears State Park. The 1,300 acre burn was mainly in the Peewah Trail area in the northern section of the park.
(Kit Doyle)
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This map shows the planning area of 1300 acres of Trail of Tears State Park that burned as a controlled burn with a collabortive effort from Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Missouri Department of Conservation and United States Forest Service. Controlled burning is a form of forest management and stimulates germination to help renew a forest.
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Chris Crabtree maintains a healthy prescribed burn along the Peewah Trail Wednesday morning, April 8, 2009, at Trail of Tears State Park.
(Kit Doyle)
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Tim Turpin starts fires in a 1,300 acre prescribed burn Wednesday morning, April 8, 2009, at Trail of Tears State Park. The burn was a collaborative effort with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Missouri Department of Conservation and United States Forest Service.
(Kit Doyle)