Georgia Forestry Commission presents annual report to commissioners

By Kailey McCarthy
WKXL TV
November 26, 2018
Category: Forestry
Region: United States, US East

It’s been a little over a month since Hurricane Michael swept through southwest Georgia. On Monday, the Georgia Forestry Commission updated Dougherty County commissioners on how the hurricane has impacted their work. Ranger One Stacey Rayburn says the hurricane has impacted where rangers can get due to the large amounts of debris. So far, he says there have been ten wild fires in the county this year. Rayburn says most of the fires have been due to land owners doing debris burns or controlled burns that get out of hand due to wind or other factors.

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