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Controlled burn planned for 530 acres in Smokies park

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Friday, 02/23/07
Controlled burn planned for 530 acres in Smokies park

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials plan to burn parts of a forest near Maggie Valley, N.C., to help restore oak and pine woodlands and create a better habitat for elk.
The prescribed burn was scheduled for Saturday on a 530-acre tract in the Cataloochee Valley area, officials announced Thursday.
The same area was burned in 2004, and park managers are using several treatments to restore the dry oak forest, which includes fire-tolerant species like black, scarlet and chestnut oaks and some kinds of hickory. Areas of xeric oak have been taken over by maples and other species less resistant to fires.
These oak forests allow more sunlight to the ground and support different kinds of grasses and vegetation to better support elk and other wildlife.
— ASSOCIATED PRESS

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