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Arizona, Phoenix DO, Hassayampa FO
a firefighter ignites a brush pile in a desert landscape

BLM plans prescribed burns in Yavapai County

PHOENIX — The Bureau of Land Management’s Phoenix District is planning prescribed burning operations to burn cut and piled brush from public lands in Yavapai County near Skull Vall

California
A pile of brush burns with wet forest in the background

BLM plans prescribed fire projects in Shasta, Trinity counties

Oregon-Washington, Prineville DO
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BLM to begin ignitions on 627-acre fuels reduction project near Crooked River Ranch

Prineville, Ore. — The BLM plans to begin burning 627 acres of hand piles the week of January 8th if conditions are favorable.

New Mexico, Albuquerque DO, Rio Puerco FO
Photo of Prescribed Burn in the Rio Puerco Field Office

BLM Rio Puerco Field Office schedules four prescribed fires

Battle Mountain DO, Mount Lewis FO
Fires billow smoke on a snow-covered landscape during a prescribed pile burn near Stinking Springs in the Whistler Mountains, north of Eureka, Nevada, Jan. 1, 2022.

BLM to Conduct Pile Burning Activities from December to March

Battle Mountain, Nev.

Arizona, Arizona Strip DO
Kanab Creek Wilderness offers some of the finest canyon hiking anywhere. Kanab Creek has etched out a spectacular gorge among soaring red rock cliffs. This is a view of Hack Canyon from the Willow Spring Trailhead. This is a historic trail used to move cattle in and out of the canyon. A great experience for those who want a rough and rustic hiking experience.

BLM to conduct prescribed fire 30 miles south of Fredonia, Arizona

The Bureau of Land Management’s Arizona Strip District is planning prescribed burning operations as part of an ongoing riparian restoration project in the Kanab Creek drainage, located 30 miles south of Fredonia, Ariz.
Arizona
Firefighter lighting a prescribed burn with a torch. (BLM)

BLM prescribed burning planned near Parker

Fire managers from the Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado River District will conduct prescribed burning near Parker, Ariz., between December 2023 and March 2024 as weather and fuel conditions allow.
Arizona
Yuma Field Office

BLM prescribed burning planned at Mittry Lake Wildlife Area and near Walter’s Camp

YUMA, Ariz.

Arizona
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BLM prescribed burning planned in the Hualapai Mountains

KINGMAN, Ariz. – Fire managers from the Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado River District, in cooperation with Pinion Pine Fire District, Pine Lake Fire District, Mohave County P

Arizona
Yuma Field Office

BLM prescribed burning planned at Senator Wash North Shore

YUMA, Ariz.

Pinedale FO
Firefighter lighting a prescribed burn with a torch. (BLM)

BLM High Desert District plans to conduct prescribed burns

PINEDALE, Wyo. -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) High Desert District (HDD) plans to conduct slash pile prescribed burns on lands managed by the Pin

Wyoming
Firefighter lighting a prescribed burn with a torch. (BLM)

BLM Wyoming High Desert District to conduct prescribed burns

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo.

Arizona, Colorado River DO
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BLM prescribed burning planned in the Hualapai Mountains

KINGMAN, Ariz.

Arizona, Phoenix DO
a firefighter ignites a brush pile in a desert landscape

BLM plans prescribed burns in Yavapai County

PHOENIX — The Bureau of Land Management’s

Oregon-Washington, Lakeview DO
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BLM Lakeview Field Office partners with Watershed Council to reduce wildfire risk

Lakeview, Ore. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lakeview Field Office has partnered with the Lake County Umbrella Watershed Council and private landowners to reduce wildfire r

Oregon-Washington, Prineville DO

BLM plans fall and winter prescribed burning

Prineville, Ore. — As fall weather brings shorter days and cooler temperatures, the BLM is preparing for fall and winter prescribed burning.

Arizona, Phoenix DO
Firefighter wearing tan clothing and a red hardhat carries a backpack and a burn torch. Flames are visible in the background.

BLM plans prescribed burn near Lake Pleasant

PHOENIX — The Bureau of Land Management’s

Montana-Dakotas

Missoula BLM prepares for prescribed burns in Blackfoot River watershed

The Bureau of Land Management’s Missoula Field Office is getting ready for prescribed burning in the Blackfoot River Corridor in the coming weeks.  

Idaho, Boise DO
Prescribe fire being conducted in the Owyhee mountains

BLM to conduct prescribed burn in Southwest Idaho to research fire’s impact on mountain big sagebrush and mountain shrub communities

Alaska
A bearded firefighter uses a red drip torch to light yellow, dead grass on fire.

Burning operations planned for military training lands in Interior Alaska to reduce wildfire threat

The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS) and 11th Airborne Division (11th ABD) will soon implement multiple prescribed fires on military training lands ...
Arizona, Phoenix DO
a firefighter ignites a brush pile in a desert landscape

BLM plans prescribed burns in Yavapai and Maricopa counties

New Mexico, Las Cruces DO

Prescribed burn planned in Socorro County

SOCORRO, N.M. — During the week of Feb.

New Mexico, Las Cruces DO

BLM plans prescribed burn in Otero County

LAS CRUCES, N.M.

New Mexico, Las Cruces DO

BLM announces prescribed burn at Dripping Springs Natural Area

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is planning a prescribed burn at the Dripping Springs Natural Area near Las Cruces, N.M.

New Mexico, Albuquerque DO, Socorro FO

BLM plans prescribed fire in Socorro County

SOCORRO,