SPRINGDALE – One by one, the firefighters pour the diesel-gasoline mix out of their big red drip torches and set the forest aflame. They start a tidy line of small fires first, then fan out, lighting ...
On a warm, dry day last week, prescribed burn coordinator Zachary O’Donnell ignited his drip torch and passed it to the landowner. They stood on the edge of a forest, somewhere between Marion and Old ...