PRINEVILLE, Ore. – Fire managers
on the Ochoco National Forest plan to conduct prescribed burning within two
project areas this week pending favorable weather conditions.
Fire managers will burn 50 and 100-acre blocks at
a time, and continue as long as weather and fuel conditions allow.
The Spears prescribed burn unit is a total of 116
acres, located about 25 miles east of Prineville near Clay Spring, about two
miles southeast of Highway 26 and the Mark’s Creek residential development.
The Willow Pine prescribed burn units total 600
acres, located on the southeast corner of the National Forest, about 20 miles
south of Dayville, Ore. and about five miles south of Frazier campground near
Sunflower and Porcupine creeks.
The goals for both projects include improvement
of wildlife habitat and range conditions, and removing hazardous fuels to
reduce the future potential for high-intensity wildfire.
Light smoke will be visible during ignition
periods but will be short in duration. Prescribed fire signs will be placed
along adjacent forest roads.
All prescribed burning is proposed, analyzed, and
planned ahead of time by the Forest Service as part of restoration and fuels
management projects. Fuels specialists follow policies outlined in the Oregon
Smoke Management Plan, which governs prescribed fires (including pile burning)
and attempts to minimize impacts to visibility and public health.
For more information, visit the Ochoco National
Forest website at www.fs.usda.gov/ochoco and follow us
on Twitter @CentralORFire, or visit our interactive prescribed fire map online
at http://go.usa.gov/3hkwJ
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