Controlled burn happening in Portage today
Courtesy of The City of Portage MI s Facebook page
Location of the controlled burn
By: Kellen Voss
and last updated 2021-04-14 16:00:01-04
PORTAGE, Mich. â The City of Portage announced today that the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) will conduct a controlled burn in the Gourdneck State Game Area.
This is an area owned and maintained by the MDNR.
The area where the burn will be occurring is in the picture above. Residents in the area can expect to see smoke and may notice MDNR vehicles and staff controlling the burn.
This is one of two planned burns in the Gourdneck State Game Area this spring/summer.
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Smoke is currently billowing from a controlled burn in the southern part of Nolanville.
Police Chief Michael Hatton said the controlled burn is for Phase 9 of the Bella Charca housing development. The Bella Charca subdivision is south of Interstate 14 and southeast of Nolanville Elementary School.
The fire may be put out temporarily as wind speeds are forecast to increase. When the wind reduces to within allowable speeds, Hatton said the fire will likely be re-lit.
Smoke may be seen rising from Fort Hood today, as the post is conducting a controlled burn that is scheduled to begin after 11 a.m.
The burn will take place in Training Area 41, on the west side of the Installation between West Range, Elijah and Turkey Run Roads.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service from Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge, in conjunction with the DPW Natural and Cultural Resources Management Branch, will conduct the burn.
Forecast winds are out of the south and blowing north, a DPW supervisor said via email Tuesday.