Monitoring progress

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Hollister Hurt, a Jackson Guard forestry technician and wildland fire specialist, monitors the progress of a fire set for a prescribed burn at White Point, an 85-acre recreation area on the Choctawhatchee Bay Jan. 29. Many native plants and animal species depend on Eglin's fire-dependent long-leaf pine ecosystem, 11 of which are federally protected. Endangered species such as the red-cockaded woodpecker, depend on fire that is typically caused by either lightning strikes or Eglin's resident fire managers to survive. As of the 2008 control burn season, Jackson Guard's five-year average is 73,000 acres burned annually. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

PHOTO BY: Staff Sgt. Mike Meares

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