A huge shout of thanks for the army of first responders and emergency personnel who came immediately to the scene of a fuel tanker rollover at Kerr Gulch and Piney Ridge Road at dusk on July 6.
Cleanup efforts are underway after a tanker carrying 8,300 gallons of fuel overturned on Kerr Gulch Road near Kittredge on July 6. The driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, and it is not known how much fuel leaked out, though it doesn’t appear to be extensive, according to Evergreen Fire/Rescue.
The Bureau of Land Management is preparing to conduct pile burns in nine locations this winter. During the summer months, forest-thinning treatments often leave behind branches and other flammable biomass that is then organized into piles. In the winter, when conditions are safest for removal, the piles are burned. This process is critical to maintaining…