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Southwest District BLM Prescribed Fire

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Colorado 
Colorado 

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Jan. 7, 2024 - Firefighters at West Dolores Rim unit burn 175 acres of piles 01-07-2024

Southwest District BLM Prescribed Fire
Publication Type: Announcement - 01/07/2024 - 18:22

Snowy weather conditions gave firefighters the opportunity to burn 175 acres of piles from logging slash at the West Dolores Rim project area on Tres Rios Field Office BLM managed lands located southeast of Dolores, CO. There will be some residual smoke for a few days as piles smolder and burn out. 

For more information on smoke, visit https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/wood-smoke-and-health 

For information on prescribed burns, visit the Southwest District BLM Prescribed Fire InciWeb page https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7852/ or follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/SWD_Fire and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/BLMMontroseFireUnit