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PHOTOS: Controlled burn at Beverly Park in Cedar Rapids
Staff report
Mar. 21, 2017 2:32 pm
The Cedar Rapids Fire and Parks & Recreation Departments conducted a controlled burn Tuesday morning at Beverly Park, off King Drive SW.
The controlled burn was part of site preparation activities for the 1,000 Acre Pollinator Initiative's 2017 prairie installation.
Dry weeds are consumed during a controlled burn at Beverly Park in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Ten acres of open land in the park were burned to prepare for native prairie seeding later this spring, part of the city's 1,000 Acre Pollinator Initiative. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)