BEATRICE - Homestead National Monument of America plans to conduct a prescribed burn later this month.

According to the National Parks Service, the one day event will happened the first day that favorable and safe conditions exist after October 15th.

Representatives from the National Park Service, local firefighters, and other federal firefighting agencies will assist in igniting, monitoring and controlling the fire.

Trails within the monument will be temporarily closed during the prescribed burn and will reopen as soon as it is deemed safe.

The public is invited to view the burn from the Heritage Center patio.