The Hillsborough County Conservation & Environmental Lands Management Department will be conducting multiple prescribed burns today.

Locations

  • Balm-Boyette Scrub Nature Preserve (BBS)
    13998 Balm-Boyette Rd.
    Lithia, FL 33547

  • Lower Green Swamp Nature Preserve (LGS)
    3540 East Knights Griffin Rd.
    Plant City, FL 33565

Duration

  • One day

Purpose of burn

  • Ecological restoration and 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

  • LGS- The WHITE trail may be temporarily closed during the burn

Prescribed fire information

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

Posted: 8/19/2025, 3:25:35 PM