Escambia County’s Natural Resources Conservation Division is preparing for a prescribed burn and ecosystem management of approximately 65 acres in the Jones Swamp Wetland Preserve. The burn is anticipated to take place between Wednesday, March 20 and Thursday, March 21 in the area north of Jones Creek between Gulf Beach Highway, south of Highway 98 and west of Fairfield Drive.
The burn is weather dependent and will be conducted by a certified prescribed burn contractor. Oversight is provided by staff from the Escambia County Natural Resources Conservation Division and the Florida Forest Service.
Prescribed burns can have many benefits including reducing the risk of fires by reducing fire fuels, removal of unwanted species that threaten an ecosystem, improving habitat for game, recycling nutrients back in the soil and promoting the growth of trees, wildflowers and other plants.
For more information about the Jones Swamp Wetland Preserve and the proposed prescribed burn please call the Escambia County Natural Resources Conservation Division at 850-595-3496 or 850-840-9089.
