Prescribed burns scheduled for Mon Forest
MARLINTON - More than 700 acres of the Monongahela National Forest in Pocahontas and Tucker counties will be burned as part of a roll out of prescribed burns this fall. The U.S. Forest Service has announced that Monongahela National Forest staff plan to conduct prescribed burns on 726 acres in Pocahontas and Tucker counties. The burns will take place from mid-October through mid-November, "weather permitting." Established in 1920, the Monongahela National Forest spans almost one million acres across 10 counties in the state. "The purposes of these treatments are to re-establish ...
