With the extended dry period and no rain, the Pomeroy Ranger
District’s Dark Canyon Prescribed Burn is continuing to creep and smolder in
steep timber stringers.
On Sept.11, District Fire and Fuels Management staff, with the
assistance of Department of Natural Resources, Washington Department of Fish
and Wildlife, and other agency employees, ignited a 1,750-acre prescribed
fire. The objectives were to reduce down
and ladder fuels components in steep timbered stringers and enhance big game
habitat on both Forest Service and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Service lands.
Night time higher relative humidities and lower temperatures
have aided prescribed fire personnel in keeping everything under containment
and within the prescription of the burn. The prescribed burn did spot in a
couple of areas outside the original prescribed burn boundary last weekend due
to the lower humidities and higher temperatures. Fire personnel have been
successful in catching and holding those spots, even in steep, rocky
terrain.
The Dark Canyon Prescribed Burn is continuing to burn in
prescription and prescribed fire objectives are continuing to be met. With cooler weather and possible rains in the
short term forecast, Forest visitors should start to see less and less smoke in
the area.
In an effort to help local concerned individuals interested in
learning more about this land management practice, including opportunities to
visit the prescribed burn area, Pomeroy
Ranger District staff are available and encourage the public to contact Fuels
Management Staff Tara Mackleit (509-843-4676) or District Ranger Monte Fujishin
(509-843-4620).
To see information about the prescribed burn on the Forest's
interactive map, please visit: https://usfs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=28482e0732534ace891fba5273ac7768
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