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Forest Preserve District Plans Upcoming Prescribed Burns

GENEVA, IL — When is fire a good thing? It is when it’s a carefully controlled, prescribed burn in your local Kane County forest preserves!  Each spring and fall, the Forest Preserve District of Kane County conducts prescribed burns across prairies, woodlands and wetlands in an effort to restore and maintain the ecological health of a site. “These carefully controlled burns help release nutrients from burned plant material, encourage seed growth and expose bare soil to sunlight so native plants can