The spring season across Kentucky can find some smokey conditions over the landscape. Some of that is intentionally prescribed burning activities. Tim Eling is a public affairs officer with the Forest Service. He said the controlled burns serve an environmental purpose.
“And the point is to burn up some of the vegetation on the ground, some of the debris. The benefits include things like reducing fuel that’s on the ground so that there’s not a more catastrophic wildfire later in the year,” said Eling.
