Written by Andrew-Rossi on April 29, 2021
Prescribed burns will be underway in Shoshone National Forest when everyone’s fire awareness must be high to avoid the devastating consequences of forest fires.
Shoshone National Forest Fire and Fuels personnel will begin prescribed burning operations in the Cabin Creek and Gooseberry Creek areas starting Thursday, April 29.
One hundred acres of slash located southwest of Cody, Wyo. along the South Fork of the Shoshone River, will be burnt for bighorn sheep habitat improvement. This burn will take place in the Wapiti District on Thursday, April 29.
Meanwhile, approximately 875 acres of fuel reduction and habitat improvement work in the Gooseberry Creek area of the Greybull District. The burn begins April 29 and likely continue on April 30.
(Worland, WY) â The Bureau of Land Management Wind River/Bighorn Basin District tentatively plans to conduct five prescribed fire projects within the Cody and Worland field office areas this spring as part of the BLMâs commitment to keeping public landscapes healthy and productive. Â
The prescribed fire projects may be conducted March through May, and only when weather conditions and fuel moisture conditions are favorable for a safe and effective burn. Smoke may be visible at times during the operations.
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âThese projects are designed for overall improvements to land, vegetation, and wildlife habitat; to increase livestock and wildlife forage and improve distribution; and to reduce the hazardous build-up of fuels, which lessens the probability of a severe wildfire,â said BLM Assistant Fire Management Officer Rance Neighbors.Â