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Conditions are good, especially with additional snow overnight for firefighters to continue prescribe burning at West Dolores Rim project area this afternoon. They plan to burn approximately ten large logging slash piles. Project area is on BLM managed lands southeast of Dolores, CO. Firefighters accomplished 275 acres of piles at project area yesterday.

The project area has a detailed burn plan that outlines the parameters for prescribed burning and contains specific criteria regarding weather conditions and air quality that must be met to ensure control of the burn, as well as minimizing the potential smoke impact to local communities. 

Expect columns of smoke in the area, due to the large piles burning. Most of the smoke will lift and dissipate during the warmest parts of the day. Smoke will be visible for several days after each burn is completed as vegetation in the interior continues to smolder. 

For more information on smoke, visit https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/wood-smoke-and-health.

For information on prescribed burns, visit the Southwest District BLM Prescribed Fire InciWeb page (https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7852/) or follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/SWD_Fire) and Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/BLMMontroseFireUnit).