{"id":14658,"date":"2025-10-21T20:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T00:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tampabaywater.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=14658"},"modified":"2025-10-22T10:09:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:09:19","slug":"controlled-burn-scheduled-for-c-w-bill-young-regional-reservoir-4","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.tampabaywater.org\/news\/controlled-burn-scheduled-for-c-w-bill-young-regional-reservoir-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Controlled Burn Scheduled for C.W. Bill Young Regional Reservoir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span class=\"newsRelease\"><span style=\"text-transform: uppercase\">News Release<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-transform: uppercase\"><strong>For Immediate Release<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Contact: Brandon Moore<br><a href=\"mailto:bmoore@tampabaywater.org\">bmoore@tampabaywater.org<\/a><br><a href=\"tel:+17277912304\">(727) 791-2304<\/a>&nbsp;\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173788709 BCX0\">LITHIA, Fla. (Oct. 21<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173788709 BCX0\">, 2025<\/span>)<\/strong> \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Water plans to conduct a\u202fprescribed\u202fburn\u202fon the C.W. Bill Young Regional Reservoir property (Chito Branch Reserve) on Wednesday, October 22,\u202fon the West Pruitt mitigation area just east of Hobson-Simmons Road. The\u202fburn\u202farea totals about 103 acres.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prescribed\u202fburns are only conducted when weather conditions allow, and are conducted by certified, experienced personnel. Permits are obtained from the Florida Forest Service prior to initiating the\u202fburn. Efforts will be made to ensure that smoke will not affect nearby roads. However, vehicle operators should exercise caution in case smoke\u202fleads to reduced visibility on the area\u2019s roadways.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The map below shows where the\u202fprescribed\u202fburn\u202fwill take place.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabaywater.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burn-Unit-Location-Oct-22.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14656\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tampabaywater.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burn-Unit-Location-Oct-22.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tampabaywater.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burn-Unit-Location-Oct-22-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tampabaywater.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burn-Unit-Location-Oct-22-768x459.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A\u202fclose-up map of the\u202fburn\u202farea's boundaries is below.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabaywater.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burn-Unit-Oct-22-Close-Up.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tampabaywater.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burn-Unit-Oct-22-Close-Up.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tampabaywater.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burn-Unit-Oct-22-Close-Up.png 780w, https:\/\/www.tampabaywater.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burn-Unit-Oct-22-Close-Up-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tampabaywater.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burn-Unit-Oct-22-Close-Up-768x460.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Burning is\u202fscheduled to begin\u202faround 9:30\u202fa.m.\u202fand finish\u202fby 3\u202fp.m.\u202fTampa Bay Water contacts the Division of Forestry, reservoir\u202fsecurity\u202fand\u202fthe Southwest Florida Water Management District\u202fahead of the\u202fburn.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Updates regarding specific control\u202fburns will be posted on Tampa Bay Water's social media pages. Controlled\u202fburns are part of Tampa Bay Water\u2019s land management program. The controlled\u202fburns are\u202fprescribed\u202fto remove nuisance plant species, encourage the growth of native species, and decrease wildfire severity by reducing the amount of flammable vegetation on-site.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Tampa Bay Water<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Water provides wholesale water to the public utility systems of Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas counties, as well as the cities of New Port Richey, St. Petersburg and Tampa. To learn more about Tampa Bay Water, please visit\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabaywater.org\/\">tampabaywater.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14658","news","type-news","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Controlled Burn Scheduled for C.W. 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