Photo by Staff Sgt. Todd Pouliot | 50th Public Affairs Detachment | 02.04.2020
A contracted commercial helicopter, piloted by Jeffrey Wallace, is used to drop small balls of incendiary substances to burn hardwood plants in the Fort Stewart/Hunter Army Airfield training area, Feb. 4, 2020. FS/HAAF Forestry Branch uses aerial ignition due to the size and rough terrain of its training areas. FS Forestry Branch conducts prescribed burns, also known as controlled burns, to......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Todd Pouliot | 50th Public Affairs Detachment | 02.04.2020
Smoke rises from a prescribed burn at a Fort Stewart/Hunter Army Airfield training area, Feb. 4, 2020. FS/HAAF Forestry Branch conducts prescribed burns, also known as controlled burns, to reduce the risk and intensity of potential wildfires, improve training areas and endangered species’ habitats. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Todd Pouliot, 50th Public Affairs Detachment)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Todd Pouliot | 50th Public Affairs Detachment | 02.04.2020
Jeffrey Wallace, a contracted pilot looks out over a prescribed burn in the Fort Stewart/Hunter Army Airfield training area, Feb. 4, 2020. FS/HAAF Forestry Branch uses aerial ignition, small balls of incendiary substances dropped from a helicopter, due to the size and rough terrain of its training areas. FS Forestry Branch conducts prescribed burns, also known as controlled burns, to reduce......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Todd Pouliot | 50th Public Affairs Detachment | 02.04.2020
Nick Seanor, an equipment operator with Fort Stewart’s Forestry Branch, ignites a baseline fire upwind along a dirt road in the base’s training area, Feb. 4, 2020. Upwind baseline fires will spread downwind until reaching areas that have been set ablaze through aerial ignition, small balls of incendiary substances dropped from a helicopter. FS Forestry Branch conducts prescribed burns,......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Todd Pouliot | 50th Public Affairs Detachment | 02.04.2020
Smoke rises from a prescribed burn at a Fort Stewart/Hunter Army Airfield training area, Feb. 4, 2020. FS/HAAF Forestry Branch conducts prescribed burns, also known as controlled burns, to reduce the risk and intensity of potential wildfires, improve training areas and endangered species’ habitats. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Todd Pouliot, 50th Public Affairs Detachment)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Todd Pouliot | 50th Public Affairs Detachment | 02.04.2020
Smoke and flames rise from a prescribed burn at a Fort Stewart/Hunter Army Airfield training area, Feb. 4, 2020. FS/HAAF Forestry Branch conducts prescribed burns, also known as controlled burns, to reduce the risk and intensity of potential wildfires, improve training areas and endangered species’ habitats. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Todd Pouliot, 50th Public Affairs Detachment)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Todd Pouliot | 50th Public Affairs Detachment | 02.03.2020
Evan Strickland, an equipment operator with Fort Stewart’s Forestry Branch, ignites a baseline fire upwind along a dirt road in the base’s training area, Feb. 3, 2020. Upwind baseline fires will spread downwind until reaching areas that have been set ablaze through aerial ignition, small balls of incendiary substances dropped from a helicopter. FS Forestry Branch conducts prescribed burns,......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Todd Pouliot | 50th Public Affairs Detachment | 02.03.2020
Randy Rhiner, an equipment operator with Fort Stewart’s Forestry Branch, ignites a baseline fire upwind in the base’s training area, Feb. 3, 2020. Upwind baseline fires will spread downwind until reaching areas that have been set ablaze through aerial ignition, small balls of incendiary substances dropped from a helicopter. FS Forestry Branch conducts prescribed burns, also known as......
