BLM to burn slash piles

 The Bureau of Land Management Newcastle Field Office plans to burn slash piles this winter on BLM-administered public lands in Crook and Weston counties. Burning may continue as conditions permit through April. 

All prescribed burns are conducted in accordance with approved burn plans and burning is contingent on fuel moisture and weather meeting appropriate treatment conditions on-site.

Smoke may be visible from the surrounding areas during burning operations and days following as slash materials consume. 

The purpose of the planned burns is to remove slash materials created from commercial timber harvest and hazardous fuels reduction projects in the field office.

Project areas in Weston County include Sherwood, Beaver Stockade and Skull Creek, targeting approximately 1,000 acres. In Crook County, BLM will burn approximately 700 acres of slash piles in the Cabin Creek, Diamond Seven, Proctor and Black Gulch project areas.