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Southwest District BLM Prescribed Fire

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Tres Rios Field Office 
Colorado 
Colorado 
Tres Rios Field Office 
Colorado 
Colorado 

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Prescribed burning planned south of Montrose in Government Springs area 5/5

Southwest District BLM Prescribed Fire
Publication Type: Announcement 05/05/2022

If conditions allow the BLM Uncompahgre Field Office plans to initiate prescribed burning on BLM-managed lands along the Government Springs Road south of Montrose on May 5, 2022. This project will assist in reducing hazardous fuels, improving rangeland health for livestock grazing and big game habitat, and providing some protection to adjacent private properties, structures, and infrastructure by treating 100 acres of mixed vegetation pinyon-juniper woodlands in unit 9. 

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.    

The prescribed burn may take multiple days to complete once initiated and will be monitored after completion to ensure public safety. While smoke may be visible in the area at times, most of the smoke will lift and dissipate during the warmest parts of the day. Expect visible smoke in the area 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).
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