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BLM aerially seeds 8,000-plus acre Brown Fire as part of ESR plan Brown Fire ESR plan one of eight in eastern Nevada ELY, Nev. – The Bureau of Land Management Ely District in January finished aerially seeding nearly all of the 8,268 acres of the public and private lands burned in last June’s Brown Fire, south and east of Lund, Nev. A member of the contract crew connects a seed-filled hopper to the helicopter. The seed mixer can be partly seen in the foreground. Seed mixes vary depending on which portion of a fire is seeded. Factors that can determine a seed mix include burn severity, soi...

BLM applies wood straw mulch to 128 acres in Pocatello KIFI Bureau of Land Management applies mulch over 128 acres in Pocatello, ID POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) - The damage from a big summer wildfire near Pocatello is getting covered up. The Bureau of Land Management is conducting helicopter operations and mulch application treatments around Chinese Peak for about two weeks. The Pocatello Field Office awarded a contract to Columbia Basin Helicopters to apply wood straw mulch to about 128 acres of land that was burned by the 1,546-acre Chinese Peak Fire on July 19, 2020.  The project will rehab...