The National Park Service (NPS) is preparing to conduct a prescribed fire at Chickamauga Battlefield the week of March 27, depending on weather conditions. The planned fire will be on approximately 153 acres north of Viniard-Alexander Road. This will be the first of five prescribed fires taking place in the next several years. The goals of this fire are to restore, protect, and maintain the historic and cultural landscapes; restore and maintain fire adapted plant communities; reduce hazard fuel accumulations; eradicate invasive woody and exotic vegetation species which compete with native vegetation and to maintain and promote suitable conditions for limestone glade communities. This will be the first ever prescribed fire conducted at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park.