Fire personnel on the Spruce Creek Fire expanded the footprint of the lightening-caused blaze to 1,644 acres as of Tuesday morning and opted not to light more fire because of unfavorable weather condi.
Fire managers plan to expand the footprint of a 10-acre lightning-caused wildfire burning northeast of Dolores on the Haycamp Mesa next week, and could burn upward of 4,500 acres.
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The San Juan National Forest has an ambitious schedule for prescribed burns this fall, with over 27,600 acres of federally managed land slated for treatment across the Columbine, Pagosa and Dolores ra.
The Dolores Ranger District on Wednesday began a prescribed fire in the Boggy Draw area north of Dolores, and Fire Management Officer Matthew Traynham said Wednesday evening that the fire operations w.