Management
Six inch artesian well
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Photos by Betsy Purdum
Regrowth in pinelands several days after prescribed
burn
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Biologists at Guana River are actively involved in a number of
management and restoration activities. Water levels on Guana Lake
and the interior impoundments are controlled to produce a mosaic
of desirable, natural plant communities of benefit to wildlife.
Scrub is being restored through roller chopping and the use of
prescribed fire. Pine flatwoods and plantations are being managed
through thinning and prescribed fire on a 3-5 year rotation. Maritime
forest hammocks and salt marshes are not fire dependent and are
thus managed passively.
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