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Contact: Travis Cott, 479-451-8122
Pea Ridge National Military Park News Release
Release Date: March 8, 2025
For Immediate Release
Contact: Travis Cott, Travis_Cott@nps.gov, (479) 451-8122
Release Date: March 8, 2025
For Immediate Release
Contact: Travis Cott, Travis_Cott@nps.gov, (479) 451-8122
Pea Ridge National Military Park Announces Prescribed Burns
Pea Ridge National Military Park will conduct prescribed fire operations Monday and Tuesday, March 10-11, 2025, subject to weather conditions falling within the parameters of prescribed fire prescriptions. To assure visitor safety, some areas inside the park, including roads and trails, may be closed while fire operations are taking place and for a short period after completion.
“Weather conditions permitting, up to 1,284 acres of fields and forest will be burned to maintain and restore the historic landscape of the battlefield area,” said Shelley Todd, park superintendent.
The reduction of available fire fuels and invasive plant species are additional goals of the prescribed fire operation.
Though fire managers make every effort to minimize smoke impacts to surrounding communities, smoke-sensitive individuals may want to avoid outside activities on the day(s) of the operation.
For additional information on whether prescribed fire operations will occur on any given day, please call the park’s Visitor Center at (479) 451-8122.
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Pea Ridge National Military Park preserves and commemorates the March 7-8, 1862, battle that helped Union forces maintain physical and political control of the state of Missouri. Administered by the National Park Service, the 4,440-acre battlefield is located 10 miles north of Rogers, just off US Highway 62.
About the National Park Service. More than 20,000 National Park Service employees care for the 430+ parks and work with communities across the nation to help preserve local history and create close-to-home recreational opportunities. Learn more at www.nps.gov, and on Facebook www.facebook.com/nationalparkservice,
Twitter www.twitter.com/natlparkservice, and
YouTube www.youtube.com/nationalparkservice.
Pea Ridge National Military Park will conduct prescribed fire operations Monday and Tuesday, March 10-11, 2025, subject to weather conditions falling within the parameters of prescribed fire prescriptions. To assure visitor safety, some areas inside the park, including roads and trails, may be closed while fire operations are taking place and for a short period after completion.
“Weather conditions permitting, up to 1,284 acres of fields and forest will be burned to maintain and restore the historic landscape of the battlefield area,” said Shelley Todd, park superintendent.
The reduction of available fire fuels and invasive plant species are additional goals of the prescribed fire operation.
Though fire managers make every effort to minimize smoke impacts to surrounding communities, smoke-sensitive individuals may want to avoid outside activities on the day(s) of the operation.
For additional information on whether prescribed fire operations will occur on any given day, please call the park’s Visitor Center at (479) 451-8122.
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Pea Ridge National Military Park preserves and commemorates the March 7-8, 1862, battle that helped Union forces maintain physical and political control of the state of Missouri. Administered by the National Park Service, the 4,440-acre battlefield is located 10 miles north of Rogers, just off US Highway 62.
About the National Park Service. More than 20,000 National Park Service employees care for the 430+ parks and work with communities across the nation to help preserve local history and create close-to-home recreational opportunities. Learn more at www.nps.gov, and on Facebook www.facebook.com/nationalparkservice,
Twitter www.twitter.com/natlparkservice, and
YouTube www.youtube.com/nationalparkservice.
Last updated: March 8, 2025