BLM Burns Slash Piles in the Bighorn Mountains and Campbell County
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BUFFALO, Wyo. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Buffalo Field Office is planning to burn slash piles on BLM lands this fall and winter in several areas including Billy Creek, Slip Road, Beartrap, near Bitter Creek in northwestern Campbell County, and along Collins Road in north central Campbell County.
Along the Slip Road, BLM fire crews have been hand thinning to restore meadows and curl-leaf mahogany stands, and to create fuel breaks adjacent to the road. BLM will burn 30 acres of hand piles along Slip Road. BLM will be burning machine piles from a timber sale at Beartrap near Hazelton and Slip Road.
In the Billy Creek area, the BLM provides a public slash disposal site to local homeowners. The site is for non-commercial use and can accommodate small material such as branches and small trees. BLM burns the pile every winter and would like to remind users that excavated stumps are not allowed in the pile because they are difficult to maneuver and burn.
In northwestern Campbell County near Bitter Creek, the Conservation District and Wyoming State Forestry Division have completed thinning treatments on private lands and BLM will burn hand piles on about 10 acres. In north central Campbell County BLM has completed a fuels reduction project and will burn hand piles on about 140 acres near the junction of Collins Road and Horse Creek Roads.
Burning may begin in November 2019 and continue through April 2020. All prescribed burn projects are conducted in accordance with approved burn plans which specify weather, smoke dispersal, and fuel moisture conditions.
For more information, please contact The Buffalo Field Office front desk at (307) 684-1100, Jennifer Walker at (307) 684-1164 or Jacob McClure at (307) 684-1064.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of the American people. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Our mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.