Berkeley/Upper Charleston Sector FMO Wade Truesdale sent in this photo from a 32-acre escaped debris burn in Pineville Jan. 16.SCFC Cherokee/Chester/York Project Forester Gretchen Spaulding monitors a Learn to Burn field demonstration in Cherokee County, Dec. 2025. Photo by Public Information Coordinator Madeline Stewart.Public Information Coordinator Michelle Johnson snapped this elevation view of Sugarloaf Mountain during a recent trip to Sand Hills State Forest.Young pines in upper Lexington County were blanketed with a thin layer of ice Jan. 25. Photo by Piedmont Regional Forester Brad Bramlett.Six Mile Mountain in Pickens County, which saw wildfire in March 2025, looked frosty after the Jan. 2026 winter storm. Photo by Piedmont West Unit Forester Trey Cox.An ice-coated Pickens County scene captured by Piedmont Region Pilot Jimmy Tobias from the air Jan. 27.State Lands Coordinator James Douglas prepares to qualify with his new agency-issued Glock 22 .40-caliber pistol at the Manchester State Forest rifle range.Table Rock, as captured by the agency’s camera atop Glassy Mountain Jan. 26.Piedmont Region Dispatch Manager Karly Cassada “starred” in an instructional video demonstrating media attachment capabilities in the FiResponse app. Many thanks to Public Information Coordinator Michelle Johnson, who shot and produced the video on short notice so it could be shared during Basic Fire School.Ice castings of leaves in northern Oconee County captured by Piedmont Region FIA Forestry Technician Wesley Bouknight and Pee Dee Region FIA Forester Logan Bell Jan. 29.Pee Dee Region Urban Forestry Specialist Ann Huyler captured photos of icy vegetation amid the winter storm in Florence County.Ice castings of leaves in northern Oconee County captured by Piedmont Region FIA Forestry Technician Wesley Bouknight and Pee Dee Region FIA Forester Logan Bell Jan. 29.
