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    02.07.2012
    CAPE HATTERAS NATIONAL SEASHORE, NC
     Bodie Island Prescribed Burn
    On Friday, Feb. 3, National Park Service firefighters conducted the first of 2 prescribed burns on Bodie Island, each including about 650 acres...
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    02.02.2012
    BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE, FL
     Nash Prescribed Fire
    Over the next several weeks, prescribed fire crews will be conducting operations in the vicinity of Airplane Prairie, east of Turner River Road...
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    02.02.2012
    BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE, FL
     Rock 100
    Operations will take place on Thursday, February 2, in the area of Rock Road and 11 Mile Road. Crews will be working to secure Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Colony 100...
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    02.02.2012
    VICKSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK, MS
     Vicksburg National Military Park Prescribed Fires
    National Park Service Fire Management staff from the Natchez Trace Parkway, in cooperation with Vicksburg NMP staff and Americorps members, implemented two prescribed fires at Vicksburg NMP on January 30, 2012...
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    02.02.2012
    BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE, FL
     Wiggins Prescribed Fire
    Over the next several weeks, prescribed fire crews will be conducting operations in the vicinity of Airplane Prairie, east of Turner River Road...
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