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Hamilton County Parks conducts controlled burn

CIN COM 0315 prairie burn

Hamilton County Parks staff conducts a controlled prairie burn at Strawtown Koteewi Park in Noblesville March 3. (Photo courtesy of Byron Settles)

Hamilton County Parks conducted a controlled prairie burn on the southside of Strawtown Koteewi Park in Noblesville on March 3. The park has more than 300 acres of native prairie. Controlled burns are necessary land-management practices, and trails were closed. Burns kill non-prairie and shallow-rooted invasive plant species, allowing for increased growth of native prairie plants.

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