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Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF Prescribed Fire Operations

Unit Information

420 Barrett St 
Dillon, 
59725 
420 Barrett St 
Dillon, 
59725 

Incident Contacts

  • BDNF Fire Information
    Email:
    terina.hill@usda.gov
    Phone:
    406-683-3920
    Hours:
    8 a.m. - 8 p.m.

News

Fall Pile Burning Projects Planned on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest  The Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest may implement prescribed fire pile burning projects this fall/winter, as weather and fuels conditions allow. Prescribed fire and pile burning activities are highly weather dependent, relying on close coordination with the National Weather Service and air quality specialists to determine the best possible weather conditions to promote smoke dispersal and limit smoke impacts.
Fire and Fuels Management officials on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest are wrapping up the Spring 2024 prescribed fire and pile burning operations across the Forest, accomplishing important forest health and fuels reduction work.
The Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest is planning to implement prescribed fire projects this spring, as weather and fuels conditions allow. Prescribed fire activity is highly weather dependent, relying on close coordination with the National Weather Service. Depending on these conditions, the prescribed fire units could be burned as early as the first week of April. 
Fire and Fuels Management officials on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest have been busy implementing prescribed fire and pile burning operations across the Forest, accomplishing important forest health and fuels reduction work.