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Smoke rising near Coquille is a field burn
From Staff Reports
Tuesday, September 02, 2008 | 1 comment(s)
You noticed the big smoke column near Coquille today. Big fire? Not exactly.
The smoke is from an 87-acre controlled burn on grazing, grassland in the Arago area between Coquille and Myrtle Point. That’s according to Coos Forest Protective Association spokesman Tom Fields.
“I’m driving toward Coquille and it is very visible from Highway 42,” Fields said early in the afternoon.
CFPA allows ranchers to do controlled burns as long as they have a fire warden inspect the burn area. They also are required to keep equipment nearby to put out a fire should it cross required fire trailing around the edges of the burn.
Pasture burning helps ranchers get rid of weeds and brush, along with helping rid fields of and insects and plant diseases.
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On the Net:
Coos Forest Protective Association
http://www.coosfpa.net
The smoke is from an 87-acre controlled burn on grazing, grassland in the Arago area between Coquille and Myrtle Point. That’s according to Coos Forest Protective Association spokesman Tom Fields.
“I’m driving toward Coquille and it is very visible from Highway 42,” Fields said early in the afternoon.
CFPA allows ranchers to do controlled burns as long as they have a fire warden inspect the burn area. They also are required to keep equipment nearby to put out a fire should it cross required fire trailing around the edges of the burn.
Pasture burning helps ranchers get rid of weeds and brush, along with helping rid fields of and insects and plant diseases.
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On the Net:
Coos Forest Protective Association
http://www.coosfpa.net
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