Forest land prescribed burn today!

For the eventual benefit of wildlife and tree and plant re-generation, the U-S Forest Service has set a large prescribed burn today in the Long Creek Community of Oconee County.  The plan is to start the burn at 10 o’clock this morning.  According to a spokesman for the Forest Service, the forecast indicates that wind currents will push the smoke from today’s burn in the direction of Highlands, North Carolina.