The Bureau of Land Management High Desert District Rawlins Field Office
(RFO) treated approximately 4,500 acres with prescribed fire in the Marking
Pen Creek area during the week of May 2. Residual burning and smoke may
linger for a week or more. Visitors are advised to use caution as trees may
continue to fall in the burned area.
The Marking Pen Creek area is on the south-southeast portion of the Seminoe
Mountains, west of the North Platte River and Seminoe Dam and Reservoir and
approximately 23 miles northeast of Rawlins. The Marking Pen Creek burn is included in the 26,000 acre Seminoe Mountains prescribed fire project area and is part of a multi-phase treatment over a 10-year period.
(RFO) treated approximately 4,500 acres with prescribed fire in the Marking
Pen Creek area during the week of May 2. Residual burning and smoke may
linger for a week or more. Visitors are advised to use caution as trees may
continue to fall in the burned area.
The Marking Pen Creek area is on the south-southeast portion of the Seminoe
Mountains, west of the North Platte River and Seminoe Dam and Reservoir and
approximately 23 miles northeast of Rawlins. The Marking Pen Creek burn is included in the 26,000 acre Seminoe Mountains prescribed fire project area and is part of a multi-phase treatment over a 10-year period.
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