Fire managers from the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Unit are hoping conditions will be ideal in the coming weeks to begin igniting up to 12 prescribed fires on Bureau of Land Management and…
The Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Unit plans 12 prescribed burns in the region this spring, including five in the Roaring Fork Valley.
Project designed to enhance wildlife habitat, reduce fire risk
Staff report
A prescribed burn is planned Saturday in this landscape in Upper Cattle Creek. The burn will improve wildlife habitat and reduce wildfire risk.
USFS/courtesy photo
The U.S. Forest Service is alerting Roaring Fork Valley residents that a prescribed burn planned for Saturday could produce smoke visible from the valley floor.
The Cattle Creek Prescribed Burn is planned 9 miles northeast of El Jebel and 9 miles southwest of Gypsum. Firefighters are planning to burn about 2,000 acres on the White River National Forest using a helicopter for aerial ignition. Smoke may be visible from the Roaring Fork Valley and Interstate 70 corridor, the agency said.
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Fire managers from the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Unit expect Saturday conditions to be ideal to ignite two prescribed fires in Eagle County to improve wildlife habitat and reduce fuels for wildfires.
The Cattle Creek prescribed burn is planned nine miles northeast of El Jebel and nine miles southwest of Gypsum. Firefighters are planning to burn up to 2,000 acres on the White River National Forest using a helicopter for aerial ignition. Smoke may be visible from the Roaring Fork Valley and the Interstate 70 corridor.
The Muddy Pass prescribed fire is planned for Saturday on a parcel 14 miles north of Edwards. Firefighters are planning to burn up to 200 acres on the White River National Forest by hand ignition. They will be burning the perimeter of a potential larger burn planned for this spring. Smoke may be visible along I-70 from Eagle to Vail, Colorado Highway 131, and the Trough Road.
A prescribed burn is planned for Sunday about 17 miles south of Silt near Mosquito Lake, according to a news release from the White River National Forest Office.