With wintery weather settling into the area, pile burning could begin as early as Oct. 29 and continue throughout the spring, depending on weather and fuel conditions, of course.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, the US Forest Service announced crews will soon begin pile burning throughout the Sulphur Ranger District of the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland.<\/p>\n
A news release explained that fuel reduction programs
\ninvolve mechanical or hand thinning projects, in which trees are removed to
\nreduce forest density and improve forest health. While larger logs are removed
\nfor use, limbs, saplings and brush are piled for burning. <\/p>\n
The piles are then ignited when forest officials feel confident the burning can be done safely. Snow cover, fuel moisture, precipitation, wind, temperature and available firefighters are all taken into account before beginning a burn.<\/p>\n
Piles that are ready for burning are prioritized based on elevation, aspect, access and proximity to homes. Smoke, flames and glowing embers are often visible and a normal part of the burning operations.<\/p>\n
Smoke from prescribed burns can affect some people\u2019s health. For more, www.Colorado.gov\/pacific\/cdphe\/wood-smoke-and-health.<\/p>\n
The Sulphur Ranger District has prioritized the areas listed below for pile burning this fall:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Winter Park Fuels\/Upper Fraser (2,500 hand piles) <\/strong>\u2013 Southwest of Fraser and Winter Park.<\/p>\n \u2022 Keyser Creek Fuels (250 machine piles) <\/strong>\u2013 North and south of Keyser Creek<\/p>\n \u2022 Keyser Creek Fuels (250 machine piles) <\/strong>\u2013 North and south of Keyser Creek<\/p>\n \u2022 Jericho Road Fuels (700 hand piles) <\/strong>\u2013 Northwest of Granby Dam<\/p>\n \u2022 Trail Creek Fuels North (5,000 hand piles) <\/strong>\u2013 2.5 miles northwest of Fish Bay on Granby Lake<\/p>\n \u2022 ANRA\/Supply Creek Fuels\/Kawuneeche Road North (20 machine piles and 1,000 hand piles) <\/strong>\u2013 1.5 miles northwest of Columbine Lake, near Supply Creek Trailhead<\/p>\n \u2022 Willow Creek Fuels East (500 hand piles) <\/strong>\u2013 East of Highway 125 near Kauffman Creek<\/p>\n \u2022 Pass Creek (175 machine piles) <\/strong>\u2013 West and east of Highway 125 near Gravel Mountain<\/p>\n \u2022 Blue Ridge (15,000 hand piles) <\/strong>\u2013 South of County Road 55 along Blue Ridge<\/p>\n \u2022 Cabin Creek (3 machine piles)<\/strong> \u2013West of Highway 125 and FSR 112.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With wintery weather settling into the area, pile burning could begin as early as Oct. 29 and continue throughout the spring, depending on weather and fuel conditions, of course. On Wednesday, the US Forest Service announced crews will soon begin pile burning throughout the Sulphur Ranger District of the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-03 20:52:51","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33543\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}