History of Fire in the Catoctin Mountains

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The Frederick City Watershed was developed in the late 1800s to protect our water supply. Jennifer Willoughby, Sustainability Manager for the City of Frederick, discusses the historic fires that have ravaged this 7,000 acres of forest and the use of control burns to preserve this important habitat.