{"id":1314549,"date":"2019-09-12T17:25:31","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T23:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=987549"},"modified":"2019-09-12T17:25:31","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T23:25:31","slug":"prescribed-burns-planned-for-some-garfield-county-public-lands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/prescribed-burns-planned-for-some-garfield-county-public-lands\/","title":{"rendered":"Prescribed burns planned for some Garfield County public lands"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alison Richards, east zone fire management officer for the UCR, walks near the back line of a prescribed burn on Uncle Bob Mountain south of Silt last spring.<\/strong>
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Fire managers may conduct prescribed burns on more than 5,300 acres of public lands in Garfield, Pitkin, Eagle and Mesa counties in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

The Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire and Aviation Management Unit announced the location of the regional burn areas Thursday for White River National Forest and Bureau of Land Management lands.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrescribed fires are an important tool land managers can use to create fuel breaks that can make fire suppression efforts more effective and reduce risk to firefighters and nearby communities,\u201d said Larry Sandoval, BLM Colorado River Valley field manager. <\/p>\n

Land managers conduct prescribed fires to improve habitat for big game and other native wildlife, and reduce fuels to lesson potential growth and severity of future wildfires.<\/p>\n

During a prescribed burn, low-intensity fire consumes overgrown fuels while promoting suckering and sprouting of nutrient-rich vegetation.<\/p>\n

Smoke from the prescribed burns could be visible from nearby communities and roadways, the BLM said.<\/p>\n

This fall\u2019s potential prescribed burn locations include:<\/p>\n

\u2022 June Creek Prescribed Fire, BLM Colorado River Valley Field Office (Garfield County)<\/strong> \u2013 Up to 727 acres, 11 miles south of Silt.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Roan Plateau Prescribed Fire, BLM Colorado River Valley Field Office (Garfield County)<\/strong> \u2013 Up to 846 acres, 7 miles northwest of Rifle.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Braderich Prescribed Fire, Aspen\/Sopris Ranger District (Pitkin County)<\/strong> \u2013 Up to 500 acres, 14 miles south of Carbondale and 4 miles west of Redstone.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Cattle Creek Prescribed Fire, Aspen\/Sopris Ranger District (Eagle County)<\/strong> \u2013 Up to 2,000 acres 8 miles north of Basalt and 12 miles south of Gypsum.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Cottonwood Creek Prescribed Fire, Colorado River Valley Field Office (Eagle County)<\/strong> \u2013 Up to 472 acres, 3 miles northwest of Eagle and 6 miles northeast of Gypsum.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Sheep Gulch Prescribed Fire, BLM Colorado River Valley Field Office (Eagle County)<\/strong> \u2013 Up to 238 acres, 4 miles northwest of Gypsum.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Farmer\u2019s Canyon Prescribed Fire, BLM Grand Junction Field Office (Mesa County)<\/strong> \u2013 Up to 70 acres, 18 miles south of Grand Junction.<\/p>\n

\u2022 West Divide Prescribed Fire, Rifle Ranger District (Mesa County)<\/strong> \u2013 Up to 500 acres, 18 miles south of New Castle and west of Carbondale.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will only ignite these prescribed fires if conditions are conducive for safe, effective burns, as well as for good smoke dispersal away from nearby communities,\u201d said Lathan Johnson, a fuels specialist with the fire unit.<\/p>\n

This spring, fire officials completed more than 3,600 acres of prescribed burns on BLM and White River National Forest lands. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs an interagency unit, we continue to collectively focus on areas where we can reduce fuel loading and improve wildlife habitat,\u201d said Lisa Stoeffler, deputy forest supervisor for the Forest Service. \u201cPrescribed burning is a cost-effective and efficient way to target these areas for long-term benefits.\u201d <\/p>\n

For more information on the prescribed burns, contact Lathan Johnson at 970-640-9165.<\/p>\n

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Alison Richards, east zone fire management officer for the UCR, walks near the back line of a prescribed burn on Uncle Bob Mountain south of Silt last spring.photographer Fire managers may conduct prescribed burns on more than 5,300 acres of public lands in Garfield, Pitkin, Eagle and Mesa counties in the coming weeks. The Upper […]<\/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-1314549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-27 08:57:29","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\/1314549","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=1314549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314549\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1314549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1314549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1314549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}