A wildfire management course from The Ohio State University’s Columbus campus will conduct a controlled prairie burn at the Larry R. Yoder Prairie Learning Lab on the Marion campus,
This Saturday, weather permitting the burn will take place between 12 and 1:30 p.m.Area residents and campus visitors on that day should not be alarmed by possible smoke drifting their way or by visible flames in the prairie area.
Organizers invite people from the community to observe, but cautions them to maintain a safe distance, and to obey any instructions and stay out of the way of the personnel conducting the burn.