In DeLeon Springs, where there's smoke, there's a controlled burn

BEACON PHOTO/AL EVERSON Where there's smoke — There is a fire, but it's a controlled burn at Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge. This plume of smoke, shown from a vantage on State Road 44 west of DeLand, was visible from Downtown today.

Controlled burn at Woodrugg causes huge plume of smoke — no cause for alarm

By Staff report
BEACON STAFF WRITER

posted Jun 24, 2009 - 3:33:33pm

Residents looking westward from DeLand June 24 probably noticed a huge column of smoke rising against the horizon. The smoke came from a controlled burn on 270 acres in the Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge, according to the Volusia County Fire Services.

Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge, 2045 Mud Lake Road, in DeLeon Springs, provides a home to more than 215 species of birds. Founded in 1964, the refuge is 21,574 acres of freshwater marshes.

For more information about Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge, call (386) 985-4673 or visit www.fws.gov/lakwoodruff.

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