Community Digest Forest Management » Slash pile burning will continue this week

Slash pile burning will continue this week

Posted on: December 3rd, 2018

BOUDLER, Colo. – Slash pile burning will continue this week near Ward, Gold Lake and Burnt Mountain and will move into the Overland Road area. Burning generally begins after 10 a.m. and ceases several hours before sunset.

Efforts will continue in the following areas:

  • James Creek Units M0502, M3202, H3101: 200 acres of hand piles or approx. 4,000 piles; Potential smoke impacts: Ward, Bar K subdivision Gold Lake, Jamestown Gold Hill, Rowena; General location: Peak to Peak Hwy, 1 mile North of Ward Gold Lake and County Rd 100 and 103. [50 acres remaining]
  • James Creek Units M0501 M0503: 150 acres of hand piles or approx. 4,500 piles; Potential smoke impacts: Ward, Bar K subdivision, Gold Lake, Jamestown Gold Hill, Rowena; General location: Gold Lake Rd, 1 mile east of Peak to Peak Hwy [30 acres remaining]

Operations will move into the Overland Road area:

  • James Creek Unit H1501 M1603 M401 M1603: 500 acres of hand piles or approx. 5,000 piles; Potential smoke impacts: Sky View Estates, Glacier View , Bar K subdivision, Gold Lake, Jamestown; General location: 2 miles east of Peak to Peak on Overland Rd.

Conditions are evaluated each day to determine if ignition will take place. Precipitation, wind, temperature, fuel moisture and staffing all play a part in when and whether ignition occurs. Wind helps disperse smoke created during pile burning operations and snow helps keep the piles contained. Seeing flames and smoke, even after dark, is part of normal operations. This is one way that we can help reduce fuels on the landscape under the safest conditions.

Public and firefighter safety is always the number one priority in burning operations.

Click here to unsubscribe from all Boulder Ranger District emails.

 

 
K. “Reid” Armstrong
Public Affairs Specialist
Forest Service

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests
Pawnee National Grassland
p: 303-541-2532
c: 970-222-7607
krarmstrong@nullfs.fed.us
2140 Yarmouth Ave.
Boulder, CO 80301
www.fs.usda.gov/arp
a
Caring for the land and serving people

 

 

This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. If you believe you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the email immediately.