VALE, Ore. -- Recent
favorable weather conditions have enabled Vale District BLM to begin implementation
of a fall and winter prescribed burning program.
Prescribed burning, also known as fuel treatment,
requires certain weather and fuel conditions. These include wind speed, wind
direction, temperature, relative humidity, and fuel moisture. When these values
fit into the parameters outlined in the prescribed fire plan, burning can
occur.
Proposed treatments by resource area are listed below.
The prescribed fire plans are developed in advance of project
implementation. All prescribed burning
activities comply with federal, state, and local air quality and smoke
dispersal guidelines.
Due to the variable nature of weather, burn dates
cannot be set more than a few days in advance. Notifications will be made to
local media and social media outlets and partners in advance of a burn taking
place.
Prescribed burning can help reduce the damaging
effects of high intensity wildfires which occur during hot, dry, windy
conditions. Burning under favorable conditions clears out vegetation, such as
small trees, shrubs, and brush which can fuel a large, damaging fire. Fuel
treatment areas can help suppress high intensity fire by reducing fire
behavior.
Fire is also a vital element of many ecosystems.
Plants and animals that grow and live in eastern Oregon evolved with fire in
their environment, making fire a necessary element in their habitat. Fall
prescribed burning creates low to moderate fire intensity which produces
beneficial post-fire effects.
For additional information the following persons may
be contacted, John Thorstad 541-473-6309, Justin Fenton 541-473-6329 or Justin
Robinson 541-473-6306.
Vale
District/Malheur Resource Area prescribed fire
treatment areas include:
·
Hunter Mt. Hand Piles – 750 acres of hand
piles 18 miles northwest of Juntura.
·
Hunter Mt. Machine Piles – 361 acres of
machine piles 18 miles northwest of Juntura.
·
East Bendire Hand Piles – 290 acres of
hand piles 15.5 miles northwest of Juntura.
·
East Bendire Machine Piles – 212 acres of
machine piles 15.5 miles northwest of Juntura.
·
Butler Hand Piles – 65 acres of hand piles
17 miles north of Juntura.
·
Butler Machine Piles – 63 acres of machine
piles 17 miles north of Juntura.
·
North Munker Hand Piles – 191 acres of
hand piles 19 miles northeast of Juntura.
·
North Munker Machine Piles – 35 acres of
machine piles, located 19 miles northeast of Juntura.
·
School Section Hand Piles – 16 acres of
hand piles 18 miles north of Juntura.
·
Juniper Springs Hand Piles – 15 acres of
hand piles 12 miles west of Westfall
·
Morton Machine Piles – 126 acres of
machine piles 16.5 miles north/northeast of Juntura
·
North Stud Horse Machine Piles – 310 acres
of machine piles 15 miles northeast of Juntura.
·
South Stud Horse Machine Piles – 121 acres
of machine piles 14 miles north/northeast of Juntura.
Vale
District/Baker Resource Area prescribed fire
treatment areas include:
·
Rooster Combs Hand Piles – 118 acres of
hand pile burning in Rooster Combs off Clarks Creek Road, approximately 23
miles southeast of Baker City.
·
Rooster Combs Machine Piles – 245 acres of
hand pile burning in Rooster Combs off Clarks Creek Road, approximately 22
miles southeast of Baker City.
·
Spirit Hill Hand Piles – 152 acres of hand
piles in Mormon Basin, approximately 30 miles southeast of Baker City.
·
Spirit Hill PCT Hand Piles – 212 acres of
hand piles in Mormon Basin, approximately 30 miles southeast of Baker City.
·
Spirit Hill Machine Piles – 450 acres of
machine piles in Mormon Basin, approximately 30 miles southeast of Baker City.
·
Blue Poker Machine Pile – 120 acres of
machine pile burning in the Elk Creek area, approximately 7 miles southwest of
Baker City.
·
Rooster comb PCT Piles – 89 acres of PCT
hand pile in Rooster Combs off Clarks Creek Road, approximately 23 miles
southeast Baker City.
·
Webfoot hand piles – 21 acre of hand piles
off Denny Creek Road 14 miles south of Baker City.
·
Auburn Canyon Machine Piles – 98 acres of
machine pile burning near the elk feeding station 8 miles southeast of Baker
City.
·
Baker Salvage Landing Piles – 525 acres of
logging slash piles in the old Windy Cornet Fire scar 8-15 miles southeast of
Baker City.
-BLM–
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