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News ReleaseBureau of Land Management Southwest District Office, Colorado March 26, 2024 Prescribed fires planned on Carpenter Ridge and West Dolores Rim 

News ReleaseBLM Southwest District Office, ColoradoMedia Contact: Deana Harms 970-240-5335February 26, 2024

If conditions allow the BLM Tres Rios Field Office plans to initiate prescribed pile burning in the West Dolores Rim project area on BLM-managed lands located approximately 10 miles southeast of Dove Creek, CO on January 7th and 8th, 2024. The piles contain large logging slash that were created from previous mechanical treatments to reduce hazardous fuels. Firefighters plan to burn two to three piles per a day and will monitor them after completion to ensure public safety. 

Prescribed fires planned on Carpenter Ridge and West Dolores Rim

Firefighters had a very successful day on the West Dolores Rim Prescribed Burn. The conditions allowed them to treat 340 acres and complete Units 37A and 30, along with black lining the north end of 37B. Low severity burning is used to clean-up pine needle cast and mountain brush leaf litter. Firefighters will continue to burn the next two days to finish Units 37B, 23, and 24 if conditions are good. Smoke may be visible east of Egnar, CO. 

News Release Southwest District Office, Colorado FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 24, 2023 Contact: Deana Harms, Public Information Officer, 970-501-5665  

Recent precipitation and favorable conditions created an opportunity for firefighters to prescribed burn 5 acres of piles on the BLM Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area on Dec. 13, 2023. The tamarisk piles burned down, but light smoke might be visible for a couple of days as interior vegetation smolders. Burn unit is located 4 miles east of Delta, Colorado.  

December 12, 2022