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Year in Review <br />Management & Stewar,&[Al�p <br />July 2014 - June 2015 <br />W HE H "' <br />H E L P I N G TO LO 0 K' A F l®, R <br />FORESTS,, <br />F'I N D OUT MORE. <br />Gi <br />FIFURAMFM A tit <br />'SIC <br />Duke Forest Operations Manager, Jenna Schreiber, oversees a <br />prescribed burn to reduce competition in a Longleaf Pine re- <br />search stand. Prescribed burns help accomplish a variety of <br />natural resource objectives and are conducted within a narrow <br />window of precisely defined weather conditions. <br />A creative use of leftover Christmas trees to implement best <br />management practices (BMPs) during a recent harvest. BMPs <br />help protect water quality during forestry operations, and in <br />this example, are helping to prevent runoff from the road from <br />entering a nearby creek. <br />