Dear Mr. Edwards:  I have recently been coordinating prescribed burn activities on County land along the Gainesville-Hawthorne Trail with Paynes Prairie staff.  They requested that I send a notice to you, so that you could help spread the word with the local cycling community.  The notice is below.  Please spread the word as you see fit, and thanks!

 

Susie Hetrick

 

 

 

 

 

In the next two months, as weather conditions permit, Alachua County will conduct prescribed burns on lands within Phifer Flatwoods Preserve, next to the Gainesville-Hawthorne Trail between mile markers 8 and 10.  The prescribed burn operations will require vehicles and burn crew on the trail.  In addition, smoke on the trail is very likely, and may be heavy at times.  Affected sections of the trail may be closed temporarily.

 

County staff will post signs on the trail on the day of the burns to warn trail users of existing conditions.  When possible, signs will be posted on the days before the burns are conducted.

 

Please be alert to the signs and to trail conditions when you are riding or using the trail.

 

If you have any questions about the planned activities, please contact:

 

Susie Hetrick

Alachua County Forever Land Conservation Program

Alachua County Environmental Protection Department

201 SE 2nd Avenue, Suite 201

Gainesville, FL 32601

office 352.264.6835   mobile 352.213.1217 

FAX 352.264.6852