Committee advances bill to protect prescribed burning and clarify local restrictions House Bill 983 would clarify state code to prevent municipalities and counties from restricting prescribed burning conducted for forest health, fuel mitigation, habitat improvement, timber site prep and longleaf pine management; sponsors said the change resolves local confusion about 'understory' when overstory is removed.

Georgia's House Bill 983 aims to clarify prescribed burning regulations, ensuring vital forest health practices are protected and confusion eliminated.

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