Expect smoke around Yellowstone's Northeast Entrance on November 5 & 6

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service on Nov. 5, 2018. It is reproduced in full below.

* Wildland fire staff will burn piles of woody debris near the Northeast Entrance on Monday, November 5 and Tuesday, November 6.

* Staff will ignite the piles around 10:30 a.m.

* Expect smoke in the area after 10:30 a.m. on Monday and for the rest of the week.

* Burning the piles is the last step of the Firewise project where staff removed vegetation around buildings in order to reduce the threat of wildfire.

Tags: fire

Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service