If you notice the smell of smoke or a haze hovering over Crittenden County in the coming days it's because Land Between the Lakes is conducting a prescribed burn of nearly 400 acres. When the U.S. Forest Service has conducted similar burns in the past, we've noticed the haze and smell when the winds and other weather conditions have been just right.
The purpose of the controlled burn is to facilitate herbicide treatments to control non-native species. Today's burn will be in the area of Demumbers and Willow bays which are just upriver from Barkley Dam on the Cumberland River.
