PINEDALE Bureau of Land Management High Desert District fire crews will conduct prescribed fire operations between May and July as part of a multi-year project.
Fire operations will begin only when conditions are favorable for a safe and effective burn on public lands administered by the Pinedale Field Office.
The Burdick prescribed fire project is located approximately 13 miles west of La Barge, Wyoming on the east face of Miller Mountain, south of the La Barge Creek drainage. There are 470 acres of slash and standing conifer targeted to burn on the Burdick prescribed fire project.
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This prescribed fire is part of the Wyoming Range Mule Deer Habitat Project which was developed as part of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Wyoming Range Mule Deer Initiative that was completed in 2011.
BLM to conduct prescribed fire in Sweetwater County
Rock Springs, Wyo
. – The Bureau of Land Management High Desert District is scheduled to conduct prescribed fires on public lands administered by the Rock Springs Field Office, now through February 2021, as part of a multi-year effort. The projects will take place from January 11 through February 2021, as conditions allow.
The Lousy George prescribed fire project is located approximately 10 miles south of Current Creek Ranch and approximately 65 miles south west of Rock Springs, Wyoming. The project consists of approximately 200 acres of slash piles that are targeted to be burned to reduce juniper where it is encroaching on sage grouse, mule deer, and elk habitat.