Area residents can get help paying for prescribed fire

Area landowners who use prescribed fire on their properties can apply for financial assistance through the West Central Georgia Rx Fire Initiative.
This cost share program is focused on promoting prescribed fire in the Chattahoochee Fall Line area of Georgia to provide ecological benefits and reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires. The program will be implemented by the Georgia Forestry Commission with funding and support from NFWF America the Beautiful Challenge Grant, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Bobwhite Quail Initiative, and other partners.
If you conduct a prescribed burn from January 2 through March 31 with a legally secured burn permit for property in Chattahoochee, Dooly, Harris, Macon, Marion, Muscogee, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Taylor, or...