Four areas received a GoodFire treatment yesterday, to improve wildlife habitat and reduce hazardous fuel overgrowth on the U.S. Forest Service – Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests.

Approximately 35,000 acres across the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests may be treated with prescribed fire from early February through mid-April. The Forest Service goal is to safely apply low-intensity controlled burns to reduce the duff layer common in thick overgrown unmanaged forest areas that choke out sunlight from native grasses, wildflowers and desired tree seedlings. This goal on the national forest is also a land management priority identified by State of Georgia agencies.

Local areas included in the burn yesterday were in the Dry Creek area.