SEBRING — State and federal officials have started several controlled fires through Highlands County since Monday, with more planned through mid-December. The cool, dry weather coming to the area made it a good time for the Division of Forestry to start as many controlled fires as possible, said Tim Elder, the division's forest area supervisor for Highlands County. "What's going to get us to (stop) is a frost," he said. ...more

December 5, 2007

LAKE PLACID — Interlake Boulevard is undergoing a sprucing up. Town workers were planting some of 127 Sable Palm trees in a row of three, on Friday, west of U.S. 27 on Interlake Boulevard. The downtown improvements were paid for with a $25,000 Urban and Community Forestry Grant from the Florida Division of Forestry. Sable or cabbage palms are Florida's state tree and several non-native species of trees were removed to make way for the new towering sentinels. ...more

October 28, 2007

AVON PARK — The Florida Division of Forestry will start a controlled burn of approximately 30 acres of land in the Avon Park Lakes area today, by 1 p.m. ...more

October 23, 2007