FAYETTEVILLE -Heavy smoke in southwest Fayetteville can be attributed to a control burn at the Woolsey Wet Prairie Sanctuary.
Wildland Habitat will conduct the burn under supervision of the City’s environmental consultant according to a press release from the City of Fayetteville.
The prescribed burn is designed to manage the plant community, the report said. At the end of the 2018 growing season, 482 plant species have been observed on the sanctuary, 11 of which are species of special concern that are tracked by the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission.
The Woolsey Wet Prairie Sanctuary is a 46-acre wetland mitigation site located next to Fayetteville's West Side Wastewater Treatment Facility.
