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#BeAdvised BLM Southwest District loves the recent snow that gives us an opportunity to prescribe burn piles this week on the Gunnison Field Office BLM-administered lands in the Baldy Pine area. 

North Powderhorn Fuels Project Environmental Assessment (EA)

Tres Rios Field Office plans to burn 884 acres on Monday, September 19, 2022 within the West Dolores Rim Project Area located about seven miles east of Dove Creek and locally referred to as the “East and North Pines.”

 Sims Mesa prescribed burn on BLM-managed lands south of Montrose along Government Springs Road has been cancelled for May 5, due to high winds and low relative humidity in the weather forecast for the next five days. Fire managers will continue to look for a safe day to burn if conditions allow until May 15th when a wildlife closure goes into effect.

If conditions allow the BLM Uncompahgre Field Office plans to initiate prescribed burning on BLM-managed lands along the Government Springs Road south of Montrose on May 5, 2022.

Over the last week, high winds and low humidity have resulted in dry vegetation creating unfavorable conditions for the Animas City Mountain prescribed burn and other burn projects in the area. Fire managers have been carefully measuring the amount of moisture within dead and live vegetation which must fall within a strict range for fire managers to consider a prescribed fire.

 West Dolores Rim area had favorable conditions today (1/13/2022) which allowed firefighters to burn 75 piles within the 10-acres project area on Tres Rios Field Office BLM-administered lands. Expect to see light smoke east of Hwy 141 near Egnar, CO.

 BLM Southwest District will continue prescribed pile burning on the Tres Rios Field Office BLM-administered lands in the West Dolores Rim area.

BLM Southwest District will conduct prescribed pile burning on the Tres Rios Field Office BLM-administered lands.