In 1971, the Florida Park Service conducted its first prescribed fire at Falling Waters State Park in Chipley.
Fifty years later, parks director Eric Draper and a group of veteran burners gathered at Falling Waters to conduct a prescribed burn.
Florida State Parks Celebrates 50 Years of Prescribed Fire
- By Staff
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