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Dec Announces Prescribed Fire At Ashland Flats Wildlife Management Area In Jefferson County
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced today the agency will be conducting a prescribed burn at Ashland Flats Wildlife Management Area (WMA), in the town of Lyme, Jefferson County. Ashland Flats WMA contains 2,028 acres of primarily open meadows, second growth, and young forests east of Lake Ontario. Approximately 40 acres will be affected by this activity. The prescribed fire is weather dependent but anticipated to occur between April 1 and May 1 this year.