DEC Announces First Prescribed Fire of Demonstration Forest at Rocky Point Pine Barrens State Forest

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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), in partnership with the Central Pine Barrens Joint Planning and Policy Commission, announced today that it will be conducting the first prescribed burn on the Demonstration Forest at DEC's Rocky Point Pine Barrens State Forest in Suffolk County. DEC Forest Rangers, staff, and volunteers, along with the Pine Barrens Commission, will complete a prescribed burn on three, three-acre blocks of the forest. The prescribed fire is weather dependent but anticipated in April.