The Cibolo Preserve in Kendall County conducted a prescribed burn on Thursday that helped clear about 20 acres.
Officials said the burn took about an hour and cleared about 20 acres at the preserve located on City Park Road adjacent to thePreserve officials put precautions in place including alerting area fire and city/county officials, neighbors and nearby Champion High School, which is not yet back in session.
The prescribed burn, which was contracted with a professional prescribed-fire service, is necessary to reduce dead vegetation and thick brush. “Planned prescribed fires help the natural environment: reversing woody plant encroachment, stimulating grass growth, improving watershed health, benefiting all wildlife, and also providing future wildfire mitigation and buffer zones by removing volatile underbrush and promoting healthy grass growth, naturally,” officials with the preserve said in a press release.is a nonprofit natural habitat laboratory and groundwater recharge area.
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