Controlled burns planned on DOE Oak Ridge Reservation
Special to The Oak Ridger
The U.S. Department of Energy is initiating a series of controlled burns of grassland areas on the DOE Oak Ridge Reservation on the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) Three Bend Area off Pump House and Bull Bluff roads, and other managed grassland areas off Bethel Valley Road and off Highway 58.
Continuing through mid-April, as weather permits, controlled burns will take place at:
• Freels Bend fields – up to approximately 284 acres of grassland and scrub;
• Gallaher Bend fields up to approximately 125 acres of grassland and kudzu;
• Solway Bend fields – up to approximately 62 acres of grassland;
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The U.S. Department of Energy is starting a series of controlled burns of grassland areas on the Oak Ridge Reservation this week.
The controlled burns could continue through mid-April, depending upon weather. The burns will be on the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Three Bend Area off Pump House and Bull Bluff Roads, and other managed grassland areas off Bethel Valley Road and off Highway 58, a press release said.
The controlled burns will take place at:
Freels Bend fields – up to approximately 284 acres of grassland and scrub
Gallaher Bend fields – up to approximately 125 acres of grassland and kudzu