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Franklin City officials outline planned prescribed burns at Victory Creek to control invasive species
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Franklin City Parks Commission staff presented plans to use prescribed burns at the Victory Creek Trail to manage invasive species and restore native grassland.
Franklin City Parks Commission staff presented plans to use prescribed burns at the Victory Creek Trail to manage invasive species and restore native grassland. The commission heard that the project would be carried out as a three-year rotation, burning roughly 25 acres a year within the 80‑plus acre special-park area.
Commission staff said the burn is intended to improve grassland health and reduce invasive hawthorn. “It would be a three-year rotation, and 25 acres each year,” a staff member said. City staff also said a formal burn plan would be prepared by the burn contractor; the plan…
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