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Current Fire Management Activities

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Everglades National Park Fire Management is planning on conducting a prescribed burn in the East Everglades/Chekika area of the National Park and portions of South Florida Water Management Lands. Ignition was planned for Friday, May 11th, 2012. Due to unfavorable weather conditions the prescribed burn has been postponed until conditions are more favorable. Desired wind directions include: Northeast, East and Southeast.  Approximately 260 acres will be burned. For further information contact Everglades Fire Dispatch at 305-242-7850. Larger Map

 
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Everglades Fire Management is conducting a prescribed burn around the Everglades National Park Headquarters and the Ernest Coe Visitors Center. Igniton is scheduled for 11:00am, January 6th, 2012 6.5 acres will be burned.

 
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Park Fire Management will conduct a prescribed burn on Thursday January 5.

The Context Road (north) prescribed burn will begin operations around 10:00. This area is located west of Homestead General Airport. The goal of this burn will to reduce accumlated saw-grass and debris along the Eastern boundary of the park that will help to prevent or reduce the severity of human caused wildfires in the future. Winds are predicted to be out of the North ranging from 6-8 mph. Communities located along the eastern park boundary might experience light smoke throughout the day. The area to be burned is 1,100 acres.

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National Parks are some of the few places in this country where people can experience a night sky in all its magnificence, without the interference of artificial lights. In fact, a night sky monitoring program is being implemented in the National Park System to inventory light pollution.