The St. Johns River Water Management District is conducting a 170-acre prescribed burn today on the Hatchet Creek Tract of the Newnans Lake Conservation Area in Alachua County. The purpose of the burn is to reduce hazardous fuels and maintain fire-dependent ecosystems. [May 21, 2015]

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