CRAIG, Colo. - Fire managers from the Northwest Colorado Fire Management Unit are planning to conduct prescribed fires on Bureau of Land Management lands in the coming weeks when conditions warrant.
The 350-acre Dry Gulch Prescribed Fire is planned 11 miles southwest of Kremmling along Trough Road in Eagle and Grand counties. In Moffat County, the 481-acre Seven Springs Prescribed Fire is planned six miles west of Greystone in the Douglas Mountain area. The 500-acre Teepee Prescribed Fire, also in Moffat County, is planned four miles southeast of Greystone in the Douglas Mountain area.
“We will only ignite these prescribed fires if conditions are ideal for safe, effective burns, as well as for good smoke dispersal away from area communities," said Toni Toelle, Supervisory Fire Management Specialist for the Northwest Colorado Interagency Fire Management Unit.
The BLM works with Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and other partners to improve winter range for big game species within the project areas. The prescribed fires are designed to reduce pinyon-juniper expansion and help restore sagebrush communities.
Smoke may be seen from Kremmling; Greystone; Highways 9, 40, 131 and 318. Smoke should dissipate during the day, but may remain on the valley floors as temperatures drop. Fire managers have developed a detailed prescribed fire plan and obtained smoke permits from the State of Colorado for each planned burn.
Please contact the Craig Interagency Dispatch Center at 970-826-5037 for additional information.
Prescribed fire smoke may affect your health. For more information, visit:https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/wood-smoke-and-health.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
