Press Releases

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Oregon-Washington

Prineville BLM Planning Prescribed Burn Near Tumalo Reservoir Road

Central Ore. – Beginning Thursday, fuels specialists with the Prineville District of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are planning to ignite 253 acres of slash piles near Tumalo.

Oregon-Washington

Prineville BLM Continues Pile Burning This Week

Central Ore.

New Mexico

Prescribed Burn Planned in Dripping Springs Natural Area

On March 9, 2017, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is planning a prescribed burn at the Dripping Springs Natural Area (Natural Area) near Las Cruces, New Mexico.

New Mexico

Prescribed Burn Planned in Otero County

On March 6-8, 2017, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is planning a prescribed burn within Otero County in southern New Mexico.

Utah

Ford Ridge Prescribed Burn Planned for Winter Months

MOAB, UtahThe Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Canyon Country Fire Zone plans to conduct a prescribed burn of slash piles on approximately 60 acres of public lands in the Ford Ridg

New Mexico

Prescribed Burns Planned in Chaves County

Beginning in late January 2017, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will be conducting prescribed burning operations in Chaves County.

Colorado

Federal Fire Officials Plan Long-Range Prescribed Burning Objective

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. –   Federal fire officials from the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Unit plan to ignite Western Slope prescribed fires through March.

Montana-Dakotas

Billings Field Office to burn slash piles in Central Montana

(Billings, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management Billings Field Office is slated to burn several slash piles on BLM-managed land in Yellowstone, Mussleshell and Carbon counties and Big Horn C

New Mexico

Prescribed Burns Planned in Lincoln County

Beginning in the middle of December, and continuing through March 2017, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will be conducting prescribed burn operations about 10 miles northeast of Ruidoso and 5 m

Utah

Prescribed Fires Planned this Winter in San Juan County

MOAB, Utah—The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Canyon Country Fire Zone will conduct a number of prescribed fires on public lands in San Juan County in coming months, November through March. 

Oregon-Washington

Vale BLM Plans Prescribed Burns

Vale, Ore. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Vale District planning prescribed burns throughout the fall and winter in Malheur and Baker Counties.

Arizona

Prescribed Burning Planned Near Parker

PARKER, Ariz. – The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Lake Havasu Field Office plans to conduct prescribed burning on the Parker Strip from Nov.

Idaho

BLM Conducting Timber Pile Burning Near Silver City, Idaho

Boise, ID - This fall the Boise District BLM will be prescribed burning timber piles from a 2015 hazardous fuels reduction project in the Owyhee Field Office near Silver City, Idaho.

Wyoming

BLM to Conduct Prescribed Burns this Fall

The Bureau of Land Management Wind River/Bighorn Basin District tentatively plans to conduct three prescribed burns and two slash pile burns within the Cody and Worland field office areas this fall

Idaho

BLM Seeks Public Input for Blue Creek Bay Improvements

Coeur d’Alene, ID – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has completed analysis for proposed vegetative treatments and recreation enhancements at the Wallace L.

Colorado

Continued Prescribed Burning in West Rim Pines

DOLORES, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management’s Tres Rios Field Office plans to begin several prescribed burns as early as next week, or as conditions allow.

Colorado

BLM Continues Prescribed Burns on West Dolores Rim

DOLORES, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management’s Tres Rios Field Office plans to begin several prescribed burns as early as Monday, May 5, or as conditions allow.

Colorado

BLM Plans Several Prescribed Burns in Southwest Colorado

DOLORES, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management’s Tres Rios Field Office plans to begin several prescribed burns as early as Monday, Mar. 30, or as conditions allow.
 

Colorado

Interagency fall prescribed burn program about to begin in southern Colorado

CANON CITY, Colo. – Fire crews from the Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office and the U.S.

Montana-Dakotas

BLM Plans Prescribed Burns in Yellowstone County

The Bureau of Land Management's Billings Field Office is planning prescribed burning operations on BLM-managed land in Yellowstone County during the upcoming fall months.