If you see smoke in the skies above Northeast Georgia today, don’t be alarmed. Forest service personnel are conducting controlled burns across the region.
Just north of Cleveland, there’s a controlled burn in the area of Chambers Road and Pink Mountain. Georgia Forestry officials say there will be lots of smoke generated by this fire.
Another controlled burn is happening south of Tallulah Gorge State Park in Habersham County. U.S. Forest Service fire managers are clearing debris and dried vegetation from the 177-acre Tugalo Village area.
And in Union County, crews are burning 1,523 acres in the Cliff Ridge area 10 miles southwest of Blairsville.
