BLM High Plains District to burn slash piles this winter
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CASPER, Wyo. – The Bureau of Land Management plans to burn slash piles this winter on BLM-administered public lands in the Casper and Newcastle field offices.
Pile burning is contingent upon fuel moistures and weather meeting appropriate treatment conditions on site. Smoke may be visible from surrounding areas during burning operations and days following as slash material consumes. With the recent winter weather, burning may occur as early as this week and may continue through April 2022.
This Thursday, December 9, the Casper Field Office plans to burn approximately 20 acres of slash piles near Pitchpine Creek on Muddy Mountain. The slash piles are a result of a hazardous fuels reduction project along the perimeter of other planned, prescribed fire projects in the area.
Starting next week and lasting through the winter months, the Newcastle Field Office plans to burn slash piles associated with the following projects:
- Jackpot: Approximately 308 acres to be treated south of Interstate 90, approximately 5 miles east of Linden.
- Moore Canyon: Approximately 36 acres to be treated 3 miles northwest of Hulett.
- Proctor: Approximately 82 acres to be treated 10 miles northwest of Hulett.
- Sherwood Phase II: Approximately 517 acres to be treated roughly 8 miles northeast of Newcastle, east of Beaver Creek Road.
- Sherwood Phase II: Approximately 354 acres to be treated 6.5 miles northeast of Newcastle, east of Beaver Creek Road.
- Skull Creek: Approximately 162 acres to be treated roughly 13 miles northeast of Upton.
- Bear Canyon: Approximately 10 acres to be treated 12 miles northeast of Newcastle.
- Stateline: Approximately 202 acres to be treated 8.5 miles northeast of Newcastle.
For more information, contact Casey Cheesbrough (Casper) at 307-261-7600 or Matt Spring (Newcastle) at 307-746-6600.
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