The Department of Natural Resources
advises that it will conduct a 70 hectare prescribed
burn today (Friday, August 14) 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 08 14
9:15 a.m.