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Athens County authorizes prescribed burn on Hocking River conservation easement
Summary
The Board of Athens County Commissioners voted unanimously Feb. 3 to permit Rural Action and contractors to conduct a prescribed burn on a 42.427‑acre conservation easement along the Hocking River to remove invasive species and prepare the riparian area for replanting; the action requires contractor insurance and a special‑flood‑hazard permit.
The Athens County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Feb. 3 to authorize a prescribed burn within a county‑held riparian conservation easement along the Hocking River.
Planner Connor LaVelle told the Board the burn, proposed by the property owner EJB Enterprises LLC in coordination with Rural Action, Inc. and Paradise Ecological Services, is intended to remove invasive species and prepare the…
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