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Southwest District BLM Prescribed Fire

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BLM Gunnison Field Office - Baldy Pine RX Pile Burn accomplished 280 acres on December 8, 2022

Southwest District BLM Prescribed Fire
Publication Type: News 12/09/2022

Yesterday was a beautiful day with great snow cover and blue skies to pile burn on the Baldy Pine Unit on the BLM Southwest District, Gunnison Field Office BLM-administered lands. The crew prescribe burned 28 piles, accomplishing 280 acres of reduced hazardous vegetation removal. The beetle kill lodgepole pine piles are made up of branches and non-salvageable parts of the trees from an old timber sale.

 

This project area is located approx. 14 miles west of Powderhorn, CO and 4 miles west of Highway 149. Light smoke maybe visible from Hwy 149 and Powderhorn area until the piles burn completely.

 

For more information about prescribed fire smoke and health impacts, visit https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/wood-smoke-and-health.

BLM SWD RX Burn Info, visit: Southwest District BLM Prescribed Fire InciWeb https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/news/7852/ and follow us on Twitter @SWD_Fire and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/BLMMontroseFireUnit.