Florida's swampy Everglades go up in flames!

ST. LUCIE COUNTY — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is conducting a prescribed burn this week in the Moore Haven Marsh, west of Lake Okeechobee that may impact residents in St. Lucie County, according to fire officials.

The burn is expected to cover about 28,000 acres of cattail, torpedograss, spikerush, willows, sawgrass, and other vegetation in the Moore Haven Marsh, in Moore Haven, weather permitting, FWC officials announced Thursday.

Florida wildfire, smoke map: Track latest wildfires, red flag warnings

https://data.floridatoday.com/fires/

Brush fire, smoky conditions shut down road leading in and out of Florida Keys

https://apnews.com/article/florida-wildfires-florida-keys-53998d99e588aff26807896641741fa1

Grass fires have begun ravaging Florida, a state not typically known for fires. We cover these unseasonal fires breaking out all over Florida, especially the fire between Miami and Key Largo, which has cut off both roads leading to and from the Florida Keys.

Not only are fires out of season for Florida, but officials somehow predicted the fires ahead of time, issuing Red Flag warnings the week before.

What's even more unusual is that just the day before, humidity levels were very high and Miami had received rain, which should've alleviated the fire risk.

Seeing smoke in St. Lucie County? A prescribed burn by Lake Okeechobee causing smoke, ash

https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/st-lucie-county/2025/03/20/florida-fire-in-fort-pierce-port-st-lucie-prescribed-burn-28000-acre-lake-o-moore-haven/82572905007/

Prescribed Burn - March 13, 2025

Locations
Brooker Creek Buffer Preserve Addition
16900 Boy Scout Road
Odessa, FL 33556
Duration
One day
Purpose of burn
Ecological site maintenance and restoration
Contact information
Department: CELM Bell Creek Office: (813) 672-7876
Media contact: Todd Pratt, Media Relations Strategist, office: (813) 276-2409, cell: (813) 373-1023
Other: Florida Forest Service Lakeland Dispatch, (863) 940-6701
Closures
All public trails will remain open during the burn

Prescribed fire information
For answers to prescribed fire questions, visit HCFL.gov/RxFire.

https://hcfl.gov/newsroom/2025/03/13/prescribed-burn---march-13-2025

Prescribed fire — The Wildlife Society - Florida Chapter

PRESCRIBED FIRE FOR WILDLIFE” March 23-26, 2020 at the Everglades Youth Conservation Camp located in West Palm Beach, Florida.

https://fltws.org/prescribedfire

UF/IFAS shares prescribed fire resources promoting wildfire prevention

https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/news/2025/01/23/uf-ifas-shares-prescribed-fire-resources-promoting-wildfire-prevention/

https://fltws.org/prescribedfire

Honeydew brush fire burns over 300 acres in Volusia County;

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/brush-fire-updates-volusia-county-florida-march-21-2025

Ash from Lake Okeechobee burn puzzles Treasure Coast residents

https://cbs12.com/news/local/falling-ash-from-sky-concerns-port-st-lucie-residents-florida-fish-and-wildlife-conservation-commission-announce-prescribed-burn-florida-march-20-2025

Prescribed Fire

https://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/habitat/prescribed-fire/

original found on Brush Junkie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPW8KA8Q55I