Judge Lilly’s office wants to keep Brown County residents informed that between the dates of January 1st 2022 and March 31st, 2022 the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will be conducting prescribed burns at the Muse Wildlife Management Area on CR 478. The location is 15 miles northeast of Brownwood, east of U.S. Highway 183 and north of F.M. 1467 on CR 478.
During this period, you may see smoke in your area and/or neighborhood or on nearby roads. We caution you to reduce your speed and use your headlights when smoke is present. Prescribed burns are a management tool used to restore forest and prairie habitats that were periodically burned by natural fires. Prescribed burns also reduce the potential damage a wildfire could cause by reducing available fuels such as dead trees, leaf litter and other flammable vegetation on the landscape.
Texas has a history of naturally occurring wildfires, making prescribed burns is very important to maintaining habitat on Wildlife Management Areas. Private landowners should consider implementing wildfire mitigation efforts on their lands as well in order to preserve their property and way of life before a wildfire event starts. Information on how to Wildland Fire Management: http://tpwd.texas.gov/landwater/land/wildland_fire_management/
Darrell Johnston, Brown County Chief of Emergency Management stated “These Prescribed fires are comparable to the burns that Camp Bowie does each year. The Muse WMA is in a remote area of the county and should only impact a limited number of Brown County residents. Texas Park and Wildlife follows a very detailed Prescribed Burn Plan during these burns to ensure a safe event for the neighboring residents and environment.”
If you have any questions concerning this feel free to contact your Brown County Commissioner or Wesley Evans at the Texas Parks & Wildlife office at 512-265-4158.