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		<title>Apalachicola Firefighters Responding to Wildfires</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Forest Service is concerned about the ongoing dry conditions causing wildfire danger to be high.  Apalachicola National Forest firefighters have responded to several wildfires since Sunday. North Florida is experiencing the effects of dry conditions, low humidity, unpredictable winds, and increasing temperatures that can lead to increased numbers of wildfires. Wildfires that burn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apalachicola National Forest Prescribed Burning Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contact: Denise Rains (850) 523-8568 Website: www.fs.fed.us/r8/florida Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/NFinFlorida TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The U.S. Forest Service is prescribed burning 2,842 acres in the Apalachicola National Forest today. The prescribed burn will take place in the southwest portion of the forest, south of Bristol, FL. The burn will improve wildlife habitat, eliminate vegetation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apalachicola National Forest Prescribed Burning Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The U.S. Forest Service is prescribed burning in the Apalachicola National Forest today. The prescribed burn will take place in an area south of Hosford, FL, off of State Road 65. The burn will improve wildlife habitat, eliminate vegetation build up and reduce the threat of wildfires. People are reminded that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forest Service Waives Fees for Veterans Day 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tallahassee, Fla. – In honor of Veterans Day and those Americans who have served in the armed services, the U.S. Forest Service is waiving fees to the public on Nov. 11 at select day-use recreation areas in the Apalachicola, Osceola and Ocala National Forests. “We extend this invitation to recognize the service and sacrifices of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Youths to Receive Conservation Training</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 04:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Tallahassee) &#8211; A conservation field day for local youths will be held Oct. 25 through Nov. 5 at the Beau Turner Youth Conservation Center, near Monticello. One thousand sixth graders, 100 per weekday, from schools in Leon and Wakulla counties will visit the center for a full day of conservation activities designed to introduce children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brush reduction in Paisley Woods area</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting July 12, contractors will be clearing thick brush from the longleaf forests near Paisley in the Ocala National Forest to restore the habitat to one more suitable for red cockaded woodpeckers and other species who need the open understory that a healthy longleaf pine forest provides. This project is funded by the American Recovery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Order of the Arrow Event June 16</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ocala National Forest is fortunate to host the Boy Scouts of America premiere honor society, the Order of the Arrow, this week. Working on a variety of projects throughout the forest as part of  &#8220;FourCorps 2010,&#8221; , these young men will be honored at a special event on Wednesday June 16 at River Forest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Deputy Ranger to Come on Board in Apalachicola National Forest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 12:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Forests in Florida is preparing to welcome a new Deputy District Ranger to the Apalachicola National Forest.  Beginning June 7, Allen Smith will be stationed on the Apalachicola Ranger District in Bristol, Fla. Smith, a 24-year veteran of the U.S. Forest Service, started his career as a forester trainee in 1984 on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Gum Swamp Wilderness Wildfire Contained</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 14:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 56-acre wildfire caused by a lightning strike in the southwest corner of Big Gum Swamp Wilderness in the Osceola National Forest was 100-percent contained by U.S. Forest Service firefighters at 8 p.m. on May 10. Aerial ignitions from a helicopter will be used today to prevent spot fires. The wildfire was discovered at about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Osceola National Forest Firefighters Respond to Wildfire</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 15:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Press Release Olustee, Fla. &#8212; A team of U.S. Forest Service firefighters immediately responded to and safely secured a wildfire in the southwest corner of Big Gum Swamp Wilderness that was discovered at approximately noon on May 9. The fire was secured last night but the Forest Service will conduct a 3,000-acre burnout today on [...]]]></description>
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