{"id":129670,"date":"2026-01-23T21:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T21:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/129670\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T21:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T21:55:09","slug":"84-acre-prescribed-burn-in-orange-county-on-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/129670\/","title":{"rendered":"84-acre prescribed burn in Orange County on Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 The St. Johns River Water Management District is conducting an 84-acre prescribed burn Friday on the central portion of Hal Scott Regional Preserve and Park in Orange County.<\/p>\n<p>Controlled burns aim to prevent wildfires by burning off fuels that naturally build up over time, while also managing the growth of woody shrubs and protecting habitats for wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>Before conducting a burn, the District ensures that wind and other weather conditions are correct for managing the fire and minimizing the impacts of smoke on residents and traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say fire is nearly as important as rainfall and sunshine. The benefits include restoring and maintaining natural communities, reducing the chances of destructive wildfires, perpetuating fire-adapted plants and animals, cycling nutrients, managing tree diseases and opening scenic views.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the District\u2019s prescribed burn program, visit the District online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sjrwmd.com\/lands\/management\/prescribedfire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.sjrwmd.com\/lands\/management\/prescribedfire<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 The St. Johns River Water Management District is conducting an 84-acre prescribed burn Friday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129671,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[767,2967,274,57031,770,115,1335,139,141,140,277,275,278,10782],"class_list":{"0":"post-129670","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-app-community","9":"tag-app-public-safety","10":"tag-app-top-stories","11":"tag-app-wildfires","12":"tag-community-news","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-orange-county","15":"tag-orlando","16":"tag-orlando-headlines","17":"tag-orlando-news","18":"tag-public-safety","19":"tag-spectrum-news-staff","20":"tag-top-stories","21":"tag-wildfires"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}