Oak Ridge Today
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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