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Nick Aschenwald, with the Montana DNRC, uses a drip torch to ignite bunch grass during a prescribed burn at Lone Pine State Park in Kalispell on Thursday, April 7, 2022. Held in conjunction with Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, the prescribed fire is aimed at benefiting the park's grassland habitat, including native plants and the wildlife species that frequent the area.(Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Prescribed fires slated around the Flathead Valley
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PHOTOS: Fire crews hold prescribed burn at Lone Pine State Park
April 7, 2022 4 p.m.

PHOTOS: Fire crews hold prescribed burn at Lone Pine State Park

Fire crews from Montana Department of Natural Resources & Conservation in conjunction with Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks held a prescribed burn aimed at benefiting the park's grassland habitat, including native plants and the wildlife species that frequent the area on Thursday, April 7.