The Benefit of Fire

Owners of Putnam County’s Wetland Preserve blazing pathways for future generations

  • Photo by Sarah Cavacini/Palatka Daily News. Ben Williams describes the prescribed burn process Sunday as the Wetland Preserve grounds burn behind him.
    Photo by Sarah Cavacini/Palatka Daily News. Ben Williams describes the prescribed burn process Sunday as the Wetland Preserve grounds burn behind him.
  • Photo by Sarah Cavacini/Palatka Daily News. Flames lick the ground of Putnam County's Wetland Preserve on Sunday afternoon in a prescribed burn.
    Photo by Sarah Cavacini/Palatka Daily News. Flames lick the ground of Putnam County's Wetland Preserve on Sunday afternoon in a prescribed burn.
A combination of gray smoke and ash fluttered to the ground in little flecks Sunday at Ben and Louann Williams’ Wetland Preserve in Palatka. Flames circled the base of the property’s trees. Along…

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