The National Park Service is adding two prescribed fires to this spring’s planned burning schedule. This brings the total planned prescribed fires to eight for the spring.
In Gary’s Miller neighborhood, the park will burn 16 acres of land immediately surrounding the Douglas Center for Environmental Education on North Lake Street. The purpose of this burn is to reduce the threat of wildfire to the education center by creating defensible space around the structure.
Immediately south of the CSX rail tracks, near the US Highway 20 and Indiana Toll Road interchange, the park will burn 38 acres of land as part of a natural resource restoration project. On Wednesday, March 15, the National Park successfully burned 42 acres of land at West Beach in Portage, and also burned 56 acres at Mnoke Prairie in Porter.
An online map of the planned prescribed fire areas can be found at https://bit.ly/INDUSpring2022Fires
Residents of Lake and Porter Counties may sign up to receive prescribed fire notifications through the Smart911 system. Goto www.smart911.com to sign up for this free service that provides emergency notifications, a private 911 safety profile and a vulnerable needs registry. Additionally, the National Park announces prescribed fire activity on its Facebook page, www.facebok.com/IndianaDunesNPS
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