The Hillsborough County Conservation and Environmental Lands Management Department, in cooperation with the Florida Forest Service, will be conducting multiple prescribed burns today.

Locations

  • Balm-Boyette Scrub Nature Preserve (BBS)
    15102 CR 672
    Wimauma, FL 33598
  • Brooker Creek Headwaters Preserve (BCHW)
    18102 Ramblewood Rd.
    Odessa, FL 33556

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

  • BBS - The bike trail side of the preserve will be closed for the duration of the burn
  • BCHW - Portions of the YELLOW trail may be temporarily closed for the duration of the burn

Prescribed fire information

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

Posted: 8/21/2025, 1:23:59 PM