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More prescribed burns aimed at improving the ecological health in the Mt. Pisgah area are planned to begin on October 4 and continue into the weekend, officials said.
The Bureau of Land Management plans to conduct a prescribed burn this fall in the Beartrap Meadow area along Hazelton Road in southwest Johnson County.