DNR to continue Hoosier Prairie management program
Source: www.in.gov/dnr
Published: Mar. 13, 2007
The Department of Natural Resources plans to complete this spring's routine controlled burn of Hoosier Prairie Nature Preserve on a day in March or April. The DNR’s Division of Nature Preserves will set a date for controlled burning when weather conditions are suitable and will notify area news media of the activity the morning of the event. Because smoke from the controlled burning can create a visual hazard for motorists, local officials will close Main Street between Wiggs Street and Kennedy Avenue during parts of the operation.
Hoosier Prairie is a large tract maintained by the nature preserves division. It contains prairie, oak savanna and marsh habitats on both sides of Main Street in Griffith, Schereville and Highland. The DNR conducts the controlled burn each fall or spring in order to preserve the area’s rare prairie/savanna habitat, which requires sunny, open conditions. Without the fires, trees and plants common to other areas eventually would crowd out and eliminate more rare prairie and savanna plants.
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