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    Forest Service to conduct prescribed burns for forest management and wildfire risk reduction in South Carolina communities

    By Mayra Parrilla-Guerrero
    Feb. 9, 2023

    COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service specialists have begun conducting prescribed burns throughout South Carolina’s Francis Marion and Sumter National Forest’s to improve habitat and reduce wildfire threat.

    According to a press release the planned burns will be conducted over the next six months and include approximately 118,000 acres.

    The prescribed burn tool is used as a critical management tool to improve plant and animal habitat and the resiliency of forest landscapes to withstand drought, insects and disease.

    Prescribed fire activity is said to be dependent on the availability of trained Forest Service personnel, equipment, weather, fuels and conditions that minimize smoke impacts to the public.

    Fire managers often prepare and plan approximately 30 percent more acres than they will prescribe burn each year to allow for adjustments for changing weather conditions, Fire Service officials say.

    The tool is said to be ignited by trained personnel and partners to remove excess fuels, such as vegetation and dead wood, that would enable wildfires to burn hotter and longer.

    Members of the Forest Service say applying prescribed fire on the land at the right place, at the right time, under the right conditions benefits the land and the surrounding communities.

    During the prescribed burn, Forest Service say the public may notice smoke in various parts of the national forests over the coming months.

    Drivers who encounter smoke on the road are recommended to use their low beams.

    Prescribed burn notifications can be found by following the Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests’ website and social media.

    Questions about the following 2023 planned prescribed burns should be directed to the following Forest Service district offices:

    Forest Service fire specialists are planning prescribed burns on 50,000 acres on the Francis Marion National Forest in Charleston and Berkeley counties. Call the district office in Huger at (843) 336-2200.

    Forest Service fire specialists are planning prescribed burns on 68,000 acres on the Sumter National Forest on the Forest’s three ranger districts:

    The Andrew Pickens Ranger District is planning burns on 8,000 acres in Oconee County. Call the district office in Mountain Rest at (864) 638-9568.

    The Enoree Ranger District is planning burns on 35,000 acres in Chester, Fairfield, Laurens, Newberry and Union counties. Call the district office in Whitmire at (803) 276-4810.

    The Long Cane Ranger District is planning burns on 25,000 acres in Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda, Abbeville and Greenwood counties. Call the district office in Edgefield at (803) 637-5396.

    Real-time interactive maps of active fires and burn notifications in South Carolina can viewed here: https://www.scfc.gov/protection/fire...ire-resources/.

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    Big fan of prescribed burns...Would probably be better to do in January/February imo
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    I'm not so upset about the burning look at Cali. They would be a whole lot better off if they did.

    But waiting till Turkeys are laying and dropping napalm probably isnt the best prescription for a healthy turkey flock.
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    The yearly burn debate. Name a time in the last 6 weeks you could have burned in the midlands. Hell I can’t even get fire breaks in it’s so wet.

    Burning is not the problem with turkeys. Ground nest destroyers and predators are a much bigger concern. Especially the avian kind.
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    118,000 isn’t a drop in the bucket toward the total burnable acres on Forest Service land in this state. I do wish they could find a way to cut the actual burn block size down to sub 500. Even that is too large. also it would seem that they are burning blocks year after year just to get those numbers while leaving areas that actually need fire to grow wild.


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    Quote Originally Posted by banded_mallard View Post
    The yearly burn debate. Name a time in the last 6 weeks you could have burned in the midlands. Hell I can’t even get fire breaks in it’s so wet.

    Burning is not the problem with turkeys. Ground nest destroyers and predators are a much bigger concern. Especially the avian kind.
    Tell me about it!! I’ve burned three times since Jan 1 and am waaayyy behind!


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    It is a government agency. That means the experts on any matter are overruled by administrators who have other considerations and are perhaps less qualified to call the shots.

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    Quote Originally Posted by w33kender View Post
    It is a government agency. That means the experts on any matter are overruled by administrators who have other considerations and are perhaps less qualified to call the shots.
    Which is no different than corporate America.
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    Quote Originally Posted by w33kender View Post
    It is a government agency. That means the experts on any matter are overruled by administrators who have other considerations and are perhaps less qualified to call the shots.
    Great way of putting it.


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    Burn it and smile. This time next year will be thrice improved.
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    They have already started some prescribed fires in FMNF. Did a 6oo acre block the other day.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Silentweapon338 View Post
    I'm not so upset about the burning look at Cali. They would be a whole lot better off if they did.

    But waiting till Turkeys are laying and dropping napalm probably isnt the best prescription for a healthy turkey flock.
    Small scale burns are fine, but I wouldn't compare CA to SC regarding wildfire. The south is wet and humid. CA is dry during summer, and they are scared to touch their national forests bc tree hugger groups hold them hostage in court.
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    Cali is a state determined to misunderstand the solution to the wildfire problem, among other things, that plagues them.

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    Can't wait for those mornings during turkey season with stuff still burning in the NF. Good old govmnt knowledge.

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    Burn baby burn.

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    I like killing a Turkey in a fresh burn and then sitting around a lighter stump still burning and have a victory cig

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    Do you like finding burned turkey nests?

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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyD714 View Post
    Do you like finding burned turkey nests?
    If it’s fresh yes. The eggs are excellent. The more fire the better, our turkey population is in steep decline. One reason is because of predation. Fire gets rid of oak trees that house lots of predators and a place for a hawk to sit in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by santee11 View Post
    If it’s fresh yes. The eggs are excellent. The more fire the better, our turkey population is in steep decline. One reason is because of predation. Fire gets rid of oak trees that house lots of predators and a place for a hawk to sit in.
    Whoa!!! That’s gonna ruffle some feathers!! Hahaha but I like it!


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    Scorch the earth. I want to see a crown fire!
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