River of Grass Prescribed Fire from airtanker services Watch Video
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Description: Everglades Fire Management uses helicopters and firefighters to ignite this carefully planned prescribed fire at Shark Valley in Everglades National Park. See how fire is used to burn away decades of accumulated dead sawgrass during moist conditions to prevent future, and severe, dry season fires which may threaten the habitat of the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow. Once burned, areas quickly become green and less flammable slowing the spread of subsequent fires providing a protective buffer around t
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