{"id":1314080,"date":"2019-08-28T17:56:01","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T23:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/middle-mamm-fire-continues-to-grow\/"},"modified":"2019-08-28T17:56:01","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T23:56:01","slug":"middle-mamm-fire-continues-to-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/middle-mamm-fire-continues-to-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle Mamm Fire continues to grow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"5.6518518518519\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-986835-492\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/MammCreekFire-rct-082919-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/MammCreekFire-rct-082919.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kyle Mills \/ Citizen Telegram | Smoke billows from the Middle Mamm Creek fire over the weekend south of Rifle.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Smoke billows from the Middle Mamm Creek fire over the weekend south of Rifle.<\/strong><br \/>Kyle Mills \/ Citizen Telegram<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/MammCreekFire-rct-082919.jpg\" alt=\"Smoke billows from the Middle Mamm Creek fire over the weekend south of Rifle.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/MammCreekFire-rct-082919-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/MammCreekFire-rct-082919-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"|\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/MammCreekFire-rct-082919-1.jpg\" alt><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/MammCreekFire-rct-082919-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/MammCreekFire-rct-082919-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"|\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/MammCreekFire-rct-082919-2.jpg\" alt><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/middle-mamm-fire-continues-to-grow\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/middle-mamm-fire-continues-to-grow\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Middle Mamm Creek Fire continues to slowly burn large amounts of dead and downed timber approximately 10 miles south of Rifle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Officials said beetles and disease have weakened many trees in the fire area. When the fire removes clumps of these unhealthy trees, smoke production increases. But this carefully managed fire is creating much less smoke than the big, destructive fires that the Middle Mamm Fire will help to prevent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt is largely burning the dead and down accumulated fuels within the timber,\u201d Rifle District Ranger Sarah Hankens said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWith the hot dry weather we have fire resources that are taking fuel samples and looking at the landscape so we can be aware and manage for future fire behavior and future spread.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">A lightning strike started the fire in late July and has slowly burned in the timber covered area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">As of Tuesday evening the fire had grown to 209 acres.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Hankens said they are managing resource benefits and identifying strategies for implementation to protect adjacent private properties and associated infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">She also reiterated the fire is located of forest service land and no private or BLM property is threated at this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Fifteen fire personnel from the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire and Aviation Management Unit (UCR) continue to manage the fire to reduce accumulated fuels and improve forest health and wildlife habitat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe do have a helicopter available, even though it is visible form I-70 and Rifle it\u2019s a very rugged area and access can be challenging,\u201d Hankens said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">With the dry conditions and excessive wind from last weekend bucket drops were used to slow down fire behavior.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWere constantly assess the situation and what the appropriate resource management is needed,\u201d Hankens said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">There are no associated road or trail closures in place due to the fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">As the fire plays its natural role, smoke will continue to be visible along the I-70 corridor near Rifle and Silt. Depending on weather conditions, some smoke may travel into nearby communities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">For more information on how wildfire smoke may affect your health, please visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colorado.gov\/pacific\/cdphe\/wood-smoke-and-health\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.colorado.gov\/pacific\/cdphe\/wood-smoke-and-health<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">For more information on the Middle Mamm Fire, please visit:<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Inciweb: <a href=\"https:\/\/inciweb.nwcg.gov\/incident\/6527\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/inciweb.nwcg.gov\/incident\/6527<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:kmills@postindependent.com\">kmills@postindependent.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/middle-mamm-fire-continues-to-grow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smoke billows from the Middle Mamm Creek fire over the weekend south of Rifle.Kyle Mills \/ Citizen Telegram Show CaptionsHide Captions The Middle Mamm Creek Fire continues to slowly burn large amounts of dead and downed timber approximately 10 miles south of Rifle. Officials said beetles and disease have weakened many trees in the fire [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1314080","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-26 17:01:54","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":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1314080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314080\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1314080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1314080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1314080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}