The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) High Desert District plans to conduct five prescribed fire treatments within the Rawlins (RFO) and Pinedale (PFO) field office areas this spring.
Prescribed fires are designed to improve wildlife habitat and watersheds, increase forage distribution and production for livestock, improve rangeland vegetation health, reduce the hazardous build-up of fuels, slow the encroachment of pine and juniper into productive grasslands and stimulate aspen growth.
Planned prescribed fires in the RFO include:
· Marking Pen Creek: 2,000 acres of mountain mahogany, bitterbrush, sagebrush, aspen and conifers will be burned within the 7,000 acre project area 25 miles northeast of Rawlins, Wyo. in the Seminoe Mountains.
· Miner Creek/East Ferris: 8,250 acres of sagebrush, mountain shrubs, aspen and conifer will be burned within the 144,250 acre project area 25 miles north of Rawlins on the east portion of Ferris Mountain.
· Iron Mountain: 400 acres of mountain mahogany, bitterbrush and sagebrush will be burned within a total area of 6,250 acres 30 miles northwest of Cheyenne, Wyo.
Planned prescribed fires in the PFO include:
· Upper Billies: 450 acres of conifer encroached aspen will be burned across 850 acres along the Wyoming Range front 20 miles northwest of Big Piney, Wyo.
· Camp Creek: 210 acres of conifer encroached aspen will be burned within the 3,523 acre project area 20 miles northwest of Big Piney. This treatment is a continuation of the prescribed burn initiated in June of 2011.
Prescribed fires are designed to improve wildlife habitat and watersheds, increase forage distribution and production for livestock, improve rangeland vegetation health, reduce the hazardous build-up of fuels, slow the encroachment of pine and juniper into productive grasslands and stimulate aspen growth.
Planned prescribed fires in the RFO include:
· Marking Pen Creek: 2,000 acres of mountain mahogany, bitterbrush, sagebrush, aspen and conifers will be burned within the 7,000 acre project area 25 miles northeast of Rawlins, Wyo. in the Seminoe Mountains.
· Miner Creek/East Ferris: 8,250 acres of sagebrush, mountain shrubs, aspen and conifer will be burned within the 144,250 acre project area 25 miles north of Rawlins on the east portion of Ferris Mountain.
· Iron Mountain: 400 acres of mountain mahogany, bitterbrush and sagebrush will be burned within a total area of 6,250 acres 30 miles northwest of Cheyenne, Wyo.
Planned prescribed fires in the PFO include:
· Upper Billies: 450 acres of conifer encroached aspen will be burned across 850 acres along the Wyoming Range front 20 miles northwest of Big Piney, Wyo.
· Camp Creek: 210 acres of conifer encroached aspen will be burned within the 3,523 acre project area 20 miles northwest of Big Piney. This treatment is a continuation of the prescribed burn initiated in June of 2011.
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