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Blackwater Ecological Preserve

30 April and 1 May 2003 Prescribed Burns

The prescribed burns of 30 April and 1 May were successful as measured by the amount of litter reduction and canopy opening, among other criteria. Here are a few images of the burn, shortly after the burn, and the response of a longleaf seedling two months after the burn.

30 April 2003 burn. Blackwater Preserve. Photo by Clairborne Woodall
April 2003 burn. Blackwater Preserve. Photo by Clairborne Woodall
Pinus palustris. Longleaf pine. Seedling after burn. Blackwater Preserve. 27 June 2003.