{"id":2450776,"date":"2019-11-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=315552"},"modified":"2019-11-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T07:00:00","slug":"forest-service-aims-to-burn-hundreds-of-wood-piles-in-roaring-fork-valley-forests-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/forest-service-aims-to-burn-hundreds-of-wood-piles-in-roaring-fork-valley-forests-this-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest Service aims to burn hundreds of wood piles in Roaring Fork Valley forests this winter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Upper Colorado Interagency Fire and Aviation Management Unit will take advantage of favorable weather conditions in coming months to burn woodpiles leftover from fuel reduction and hazardous tree removal projects in the Aspen-Sopris Ranger District.<\/p>\n

There are numerous sites in the vast district where piles will be burned this fall and winter. They include the Baylor Park area near Sunlight Mountain Resort and a site 3 miles north of Thomasville.<\/p>\n

\u201cCrews may burn 10 to hundreds of piles per day,\u201d the White River National Forest announced in a news release. \u201cThese prescribed fires will be ignited when fuel, weather and smoke dispersion conditions allow fire managers to burn in an effective and safe manner. Additionally, when piles are burned with snow on the ground there is an extremely low chance of the fire spreading to adjacent vegetation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wood and debris is often collected in what is called slash piles. They have to be burned because they cannot be disposed of in other ways due to steep slopes or lack of access. The wood burning could result in smoky conditions.<\/p>\n

\u201cLocal residents and travelers through the area should be aware of the likelihood of smoke rising from these areas,\u201d the Forest Service said. \u201cMost of the smoke will dissipate during the day. However, some nighttime smoke may remain in the valley bottoms and drainages and is expected to be short in duration.\u201d<\/p>\n

White River National Forest Supervisor Scott Fitzwilliams said in a statement that the pile burning is often the last step in important fuels-reduction projects.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recognize it can be inconvenient to see and smell smoke in the air, however, we need to continue to be focused and diligent about reducing hazardous fuels and protecting our communities during these limited burn-window opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Upper Colorado Interagency Fire and Aviation Management Unit will take advantage of favorable weather conditions in coming months to burn woodpiles leftover from fuel reduction and hazardous tree removal projects in the Aspen-Sopris Ranger District. There are numerous sites in the vast district where piles will be burned this fall and winter. They include […]<\/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":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2450776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-19 08:32:12","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":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2450776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450776\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2450776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2450776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2450776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}