The Hillsborough County Conservation and Environmental Lands Management Department will be conducting a prescribed burn today.

Locations

  • Fish Hawk Creek Nature Preserve
    16118 Boyette Road
    Riverview, FL 33569

Duration

  • One day

Purpose of burn

  • Ecological site maintenance

Contact information

  • Department: CELM Bell Creek Office: (813) 672-7876
  • Media contact: Todd Pratt, Media Relations Strategist, office: (813) 276-2409, cell: (813) 373-1023
  • Other: Florida Forest Service Lakeland Dispatch, (863) 940-6701

Closures

  • All public trails will remain open during the burn.

Prescribed fire information

For answers to prescribed fire questions, visit HCFL.gov/RxFire

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