Natural Resources
July 15, 2009
Public Advisory: Prescribed Burn to be Conducted
The Department of Natural Resources
advises that it will conduct a 70 hectare prescribed burn on Thursday,
July 16, at an area referred to as Colburnes near the community of St.
Fintan�s and Crabbes River Park in Forest Management District 14. The
burn is being conducted as part of a silviculture management activity to
prepare the site for planting and to eliminate the threat of adelgid, a
naturally occurring forest pest which limits tree growth.
The prescribed burn will take place in close proximity to the
Trans-Canada Highway and will proceed if weather and wind conditions
permit. The prescribed burn will take one day to complete.
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Media contact:
Tracy Barron
Director of Communications
Department of Natural Resources
709-729-5282, 709-690-8241
tracybarron@gov.nl.ca
2009 07 15
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