BLM planning to burn slash piles now through Feb. 2015 in Grand County in Mule Creek area
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Grand County, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management Kremmling Field Office is planning to burn 75 slash piles of lodgepole pine now through February 2015 if weather conditions are favorable. Fire personnel burned 35 slash piles in December 2014.
Slash piles are burned when snow is at least three inches or more on the ground and the chance of fire spreading is unlikely. The burn pile locations are on BLM land and are the result of timber sales and salvage and/or fuel reduction treatments of beetle killed lodgepole pine.
The Mule Creek prescribed burn project area is eight miles south of Parshall off Grand County Road 3.
Smoke may be visible from Grand County Road 3 and the project area during the pile burning. Burn plans have been prepared and approved and ignition will only take place if weather and ground conditions are within specifically determined parameters that allow for safe and efficient operations. Smoke permits from the Colorado State Air Pollution Division are in place.
Removing and burning flammable debris will lower the risk of catastrophic wildland fire providing a safer environment for the public and firefighters.
Please contact Kevin Thompson, Fire Management Specialist. at 970-724-3033 for more information.
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.