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AM Update: 9/27/2023
Cow Creek Prescribed Burn
Publication Type: Announcement 09/29/2023
Fire personnel are working today, Wednesday, Sept. 27, on securing the perimeter and addressing final burning locations for the Unit 1 area of the #CowCreekRx burn. This burn is located approximately 9 miles east of Gateway, Colorado, and 25 miles southwest of Grand Junction, Colorado. Firefighters are working to complete Unit 1 of this burn today, which can be identified in the map included on this site.
Smoke may be visible in the Gateway and Grand Junction areas. The public is advised not to call 911 for smoke related to this prescribed burn.
For more information on how prescribed fire smoke may affect your health, please visit https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/wood-smoke-and-health.
Prescription (RX) burning is important to maintain a fire-adapted ecosystem and is essential for wildfire prevention. For more information on prescription burning and its use, please visit https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/prescribed-fire.