Willow Piles | Dreamstime.com
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From March 22, 2023 post.
With ignitions completed on this year’s efforts for the Willow Piles on the Tres Piedras Ranger District, we've transitioned our focus to patrolling and monitoring the piles, which continue to burn down.
One new monitoring method being tested after last year’s prescribed fire pause and review are uncrewed aerial systems, commonly known to the public as drones, equipped with infrared sensors. On March 9, crew members traveled to the remote Willow Piles site and flew a drone, detecting heat still existing in the piles.
Read more: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/.../fire-crews-test-uncrewed...
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