Vale District Bureau of Land Management implementing seasonal prescribed burns

By on Wednesday, November 10th, 2021 in More Top Stories Northeastern Oregon News

BAKER CITY – (Release from Vale BLM) As temperatures drops and fall precipitation arrives, the Vale District Bureau of Land Management is implementing seasonal prescribed fire projects across the Malheur and Baker resource areas. 

Pre-planned prescribed fire projects may take place at specific locations (such as the Castle Rock Area and Mormon Basin) any time between November and early May 2022. 

Fire is an essential, natural process, having shaped the landscape for thousands of years, releasing, and recycling nutrients from vegetation, duff, and soil layers, improving the overall health of plants and animals. Prescribed fire is an important component of natural resource management and part of the comprehensive fire management program on the Vale District BLM.

Burn operations are conducted within specific parameters, including air quality, temperature, relative humidity, fuel moisture, wind speed and other factors.  Actual project ignition depends upon site-specific weather and fuel conditions. 

Prescribed fire is an important component of natural resource management and part of the comprehensive fire management program on the Vale District BLM. It is used to reduces buildup of hazardous fuels, improving wildlife habitat and promoting long-term rangeland ecosystem integrity and sustainability by reducing the risk of high-severity wildland fire. 

Each burn operation represents many months of planning and preparation to reduce buildup of hazardous fuels, improving wildlife habitat and promoting long-term rangeland ecosystem integrity and sustainability by reducing the risk of high-severity wildland fire.

Priority will be placed on burning within Northwest Malheur Project, moving to the Baker Resource Area when funding and smoke windows become available. 

Malheur Resource Area treatment areas include: Trail Reservoir – 467 acres of machine piles, 7 ½ miles E of Beulah; State Block – 15 acres of hand pile, 13 miles NW of Westfall; West Chastain – 22 acres of hand pile, 15 miles NW of Westfall; FFR – 136 acres of hand pile, 14 ¼ miles WNW of Westfall; Hanna Station – 250 acres of hand piles, 12 miles WNW of Westfall; Juniper Springs – 15 acres of hand piles, 7 ½ miles NNE of Butler Ranch; Becker FFR – 56 acres of hand piles, 9 ½ miles NE of Beulah.

Baker Resource Area Prescribed Fire treatment areas include: Rooster Combs – 165 acres of hand pile burning located in Rooster combs off Clarks Creek Road, approximately 22 miles southeast of Baker City; Spirit Hill PCT – 192 acres of hand piles, located in Mormon Basin, approximately 30 miles southeast Baker City; Spirit Hill – 450 acres of machine piles, located in Mormon Basin, approximately 30 miles southeast Baker City; California Gulch – 324 acres of machine piles, located in Mormon Basin, approximately 30 miles southeast Baker City.

For additional information, please contact Larisa Bogardus, 541-523-1407 or lbogardus@blm.gov

-BLM–

This year, we invite everyone to reimagine your public lands as we celebrate 75 years of the BLM’s stewardship and service to the American people. The BLM manages approximately 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The agency’s mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. 

Vale District Bureau of Land Management implementing seasonal prescribed burns

By on Wednesday, November 10th, 2021 in More Top Stories Northeastern Oregon News

BAKER CITY – (Release from Vale BLM) As temperatures drops and fall precipitation arrives, the Vale District Bureau of Land Management is implementing seasonal prescribed fire projects across the Malheur and Baker resource areas. 

Pre-planned prescribed fire projects may take place at specific locations (such as the Castle Rock Area and Mormon Basin) any time between November and early May 2022. 

Fire is an essential, natural process, having shaped the landscape for thousands of years, releasing, and recycling nutrients from vegetation, duff, and soil layers, improving the overall health of plants and animals. Prescribed fire is an important component of natural resource management and part of the comprehensive fire management program on the Vale District BLM.

Burn operations are conducted within specific parameters, including air quality, temperature, relative humidity, fuel moisture, wind speed and other factors.  Actual project ignition depends upon site-specific weather and fuel conditions. 

Prescribed fire is an important component of natural resource management and part of the comprehensive fire management program on the Vale District BLM. It is used to reduces buildup of hazardous fuels, improving wildlife habitat and promoting long-term rangeland ecosystem integrity and sustainability by reducing the risk of high-severity wildland fire. 

Each burn operation represents many months of planning and preparation to reduce buildup of hazardous fuels, improving wildlife habitat and promoting long-term rangeland ecosystem integrity and sustainability by reducing the risk of high-severity wildland fire.

Priority will be placed on burning within Northwest Malheur Project, moving to the Baker Resource Area when funding and smoke windows become available. 

Malheur Resource Area treatment areas include: Trail Reservoir – 467 acres of machine piles, 7 ½ miles E of Beulah; State Block – 15 acres of hand pile, 13 miles NW of Westfall; West Chastain – 22 acres of hand pile, 15 miles NW of Westfall; FFR – 136 acres of hand pile, 14 ¼ miles WNW of Westfall; Hanna Station – 250 acres of hand piles, 12 miles WNW of Westfall; Juniper Springs – 15 acres of hand piles, 7 ½ miles NNE of Butler Ranch; Becker FFR – 56 acres of hand piles, 9 ½ miles NE of Beulah.

Baker Resource Area Prescribed Fire treatment areas include: Rooster Combs – 165 acres of hand pile burning located in Rooster combs off Clarks Creek Road, approximately 22 miles southeast of Baker City; Spirit Hill PCT – 192 acres of hand piles, located in Mormon Basin, approximately 30 miles southeast Baker City; Spirit Hill – 450 acres of machine piles, located in Mormon Basin, approximately 30 miles southeast Baker City; California Gulch – 324 acres of machine piles, located in Mormon Basin, approximately 30 miles southeast Baker City.

For additional information, please contact Larisa Bogardus, 541-523-1407 or lbogardus@blm.gov

-BLM–

This year, we invite everyone to reimagine your public lands as we celebrate 75 years of the BLM’s stewardship and service to the American people. The BLM manages approximately 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The agency’s mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. 

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