The Florida Forest Service will be conducting a 360 acre prescribed burn on January 08, 2020 at Picayune Strand State Forest.
The boundaries of the prescribed burn are Miller Blvd on the West side, 72nd Avenue SE on the North side, Miller Canal on the East side, and 78th Avenue SE on the South side. The forest is positioned, East of Naples, South of I-75 and North of US 41. Motorists and residents should exercise caution in the area.
The prescribed burn serves as a form of ecological management for red-cockaded woodpecker habitat and serves to reduce hazardous fuels for wildfire safety.
The Florida Forest Service, a division of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, manages more than 1 million acres of state forests and provides forest management assistance on more than 17 million acres of private and community forests. The Florida Forest Service is also responsible for protecting homes, forestland and natural resources from the devastating effects wildfire on more than 26 million acres. Learn more at FDACS.gov/FLForestService.