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Columbine District to Burn Slash Piles East of Bayfield Fall through Spring

By San Juan Headwaters
04 Oct

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 4, 2016

Columbine District to Burn Slash Piles East of Bayfield Fall through Spring

BAYFIELD – The Columbine Ranger District plans to burn slash piles through this fall and winter in the Sauls Creek, Yellow Jacket and Fossett Gulch areas of the San Juan National Forest.  Pile burning may begin as early as mid-October and extend until early April, depending on weather conditions. The slash piles are the result of recent thinning and firewood activities. For safety reasons, operations will typically take place after snowfall.  Firefighters will ignite and closely monitor the slash piles as they burn, which should not affect public access or use of these areas.

More specific notices will be sent out immediately prior to pile burning in these areas.   

For more information, contact the Columbine District Office at 970-884-2512. 

Prescribed fire smoke may affect your health. For more information, please go to:

https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/wood-smoke-and-health.                                           

For information on prescribed burning on the San Juan National Forest, call 970 247-4874, visit the Forest Website at: http://www.fs.usda.gov/sanjuan/ , or follow us at:  https://twitter.com/SanJuanNF

The San Juan National Forest manages 1.8 million acres of federal land in southwestern Colorado within Archuleta, Conejos, Dolores, Hinsdale, La Plata, Mineral, Montezuma, Rio Grande and San Juan counties.

Ann H. Bond

PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST

San Juan National Forest

15 Burnett Court

Durango, CO 81301

abond@fs.fed.us

(work) 970 385-1219

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