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March 7, 2024 Shannon Lukens
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Prescribed burns are being planned in the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Unit. This would be on federal lands in the counties of Eagle, Rio Blanco, Summit, Mesa, and Pitkin, in the next few weeks. The prescribed fires help reduce dense vegetation and other fuels to help lower the risk of large wildfires, and then stimulate new vegetation growth that benefits wildlife. The prescribed burn for Rio Blanco County is 14 miles northeast of Meeker.

 

Here is more from the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Unit; March 7, 2024.

 

Prescribed fires planned in Eagle, Mesa, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, Summit counties

Carefully planned fires will reduce hazardous fuels and improve wildlife habitat

 

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Fire managers from the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Unit are closely monitoring conditions as they plan several prescribed fires on federal lands Eagle, Mesa, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, and Summit counties in the coming weeks.

 

Prescribed fires are carefully planned burns to reduce dense vegetation and other fuels, which helps lower the risk of large wildfires and stimulates new vegetation growth that benefits wildlife.

 

“We closely monitor weather and fuels prior to burning, and we will only ignite these prescribed fires if conditions are good for a safe, effective burn,” said Lathan Johnson, Acting UCR Fire Management Officer. “We are also watching weather conditions for optimal smoke dispersal to minimize impacts to nearby communities.”

 

Smoke may be seen from nearby communities and roads. Smoke should dissipate during the day but may remain on the valley floors as temperatures drop.

 

Fire managers are planning the following burns this spring on the White River National Forest and on Bureau of Land Management administered lands if conditions allow:

 

  • Avalanche Creek/Filoha Prescribed Fire, Aspen-Sopris Ranger District (Pitkin County): Seven miles south of Carbondale, up to 400 acres.

 

  • Braderich Creek Prescribed Fire, Aspen-Sopris Ranger District (Pitkin County): one mile west of Redstone, up to 1,500 acres.

 

  • Muddy Sheep Prescribed Fire, Eagle Holy Cross Ranger District (Eagle County): five miles north of Edwards, up to 375 acres.

 

  • Cottonwood Creek Prescribed Fire, BLM Colorado River Valley Field Office (Eagle County): four miles north of Eagle, up to 460 acres

 

  • Shooting Ranger Prescribed Fire, Dillon Ranger District (Summit County): above the Summit County Shooting Range, 44 acres

 

  • Farmers Canyon Prescribed Fire, BLM Grand Junction Field Office (Mesa County): 18 miles south of Grand Junction, up to 50 acres.

 

  • Aldrich Lakes Prescribed Fire, Blanco Ranger District (Rio Blanco County): 14 miles northeast of Meeker, up to 1,500 acres

 

Specific notifications will be made ahead of individual prescribed fires. Timing for individual prescribed fires will depend on a variety of factors including elevation, snowmelt, moisture in the vegetation and soil, and local weather forecasts.

 

“Fire is as much a natural part of the western Colorado ecosystem as the wildlife and vegetation,” Johnson said. “Prescribed fires and other fuel reduction treatments lessen the intensity of unwanted, large wildfires and give firefighters a place to more effectively engage wildfires when necessary.”

 

Fire managers have developed a detailed prescribed fire plan and obtained smoke permits from the State of Colorado for each planned burn. Please contact Lathan Johnson at 970-257-4819 for additional information. Prescribed fire smoke may affect your health. For more information, visit: https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/wood-smoke-and-health.

 

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The Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Unit (UCR) includes Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service firefighting resources that cover 5.8 million acres along the Interstate 70, Colorado River and Roaring Fork River corridors from the Continental Divide to the Utah state line. The UCR includes the White River National Forest and the BLM’s Colorado River Valley and Grand Junction field offices. The UCR cooperates with other federal and state agencies, local communities, and fire departments on a wide range of activities including fuels treatments, fire prevention, and suppression.

 

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Incendios prescriptos en los condados de Eagle, Mesa, Pitkin, Río Blanco y Summit

Los incendios cuidadosamente planificados reducirán los combustibles peligrosos y mejorarán el hábitat de la fauna silvestre

 

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Los administradores de incendios de la Unidad Interagencial de Manejo de Incendios del Alto Río Colorado están monitoreando de cerca las condiciones mientras planean varios incendios prescritos en tierras federales de los condados de Eagle, Mesa, Pitkin, Río Blanco y Summit en las próximas semanas.

 

Los incendios prescriptos son quemas cuidadosamente planificadas para reducir la vegetación densa y otros combustibles, lo que ayuda a reducir el riesgo de grandes incendios forestales y estimula el crecimiento de nueva vegetación que beneficia a la vida silvestre.

 

“Monitoreamos de cerca el clima y los combustibles antes de quemar, y sólo encendemos estos incendios prescriptos si las condiciones son buenas para una quema segura y efectiva”, dijo Lathan Johnson, Oficial Interino de Manejo de Incendios de la UCR. “También estamos observando las condiciones climáticas para la dispersión óptima del humo a fin de minimizar los impactos a las comunidades cercanas”.

 

Se podrá ver humo desde las comunidades y carreteras cercanas. El humo debería disiparse durante el día, pero puede permanecer en el fondo del valle a medida que bajan las temperaturas.

 

Los administradores de incendios están planificando las siguientes quemas esta primavera en el Bosque Nacional White River y en Oficina de Administración de Tierras si las condiciones lo permiten:

 

  • Incendio prescrito de Avalanche Creek/Filoha, Distrito de guardabosques de Aspen-Sopris (condado de Pitkin): Siete millas al sur de Carbondale, hasta 400 acres.

 

  • Incendio prescrito de Braderich Creek, Distrito de guardabosques de Aspen-Sopris (condado de Pitkin): una milla al oeste de Redstone, hasta 1,500 acres.

 

  • Incendio prescrito de ovejas fangosas, Distrito de guardabosques de Eagle Holy Cross (condado de Eagle): cinco millas al norte de Edwards, hasta 375 acres.

 

  • Incendio prescrito de Cottonwood Creek, Oficina de Administración de Tierras en el valle del río Colorado (condado de Eagle): cuatro millas al norte de Eagle, hasta 460 acres

 

  • Fuego prescrito de Shooting Range, Distrito de Dillon Ranger (Condado de Summit): por encima del campo de tiro del condado de Summit, 44 acres

 

  • Farmers Canyon Prescribed Fire, Oficina de Administración de Tierras Grand Junction (Condado de Mesa): 18 millas al sur de Grand Junction, hasta 50 acres.

 

  • Incendio prescrito de Aldrich Lakes, Distrito de guardabosques de Blanco (condado de Río Blanco): 14 millas al noreste de Meeker, hasta 1,500 acres

 

Se harán notificaciones específicas antes de las quemas prescritas individuales. El momento de las quemas prescritas individuales dependerá de una variedad de factores, incluida la elevación, el derretimiento de la nieve, la humedad en la vegetación y el suelo, y los pronósticos meteorológicos locales.

 

“El fuego es una parte tan natural del ecosistema del oeste de Colorado como la vida silvestre y la vegetación”, dijo Johnson. “Las quemas prescritas y otros tratamientos de reducción de combustible disminuyen la intensidad de los grandes incendios forestales no deseados y brindan a los bomberos un lugar para combatir los incendios forestales de manera más efectiva cuando sea necesario”.

 

Los administradores de incendios han desarrollado un plan detallado de incendios prescritos y han obtenido permisos de humo del estado de Colorado para cada quema planificada. Comuníquese con Lathan Johnson al 970-257-4819 para obtener información adicional. El humo de fuego prescrito puede afectar su salud. Para obtener más información, visite: https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/wood-smoke-and-health.

 

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La Unidad Interinstitucional de Gestión de Incendios del Alto Río Colorado (UCR) incluye recursos de extinción de incendios de la Oficina de Administración de Tierras y del Servicio Forestal de EE.UU. que cubren 5.8 millones de acres a lo largo de la Interestatal 70, y de los corredores del río Colorado y del río Roaring Fork desde la divisoria continental hasta la frontera estatal de Utah. El UCR incluye el Bosque Nacional de White River y las Oficina de Administración de Tierras de Colorado River Valley y Grand Junction. El UCR coopera con otras agencias federales y estatales, comunidades locales y departamentos de bomberos en una amplia gama de actividades que incluyen tratamientos de combustibles, prevención y extinción de incendios.

 

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