Con
ntact: Tara Martinak (541
1) 573-4400
Release No. OR-BU-13
3-25
Septtember 13, 20
013
Federa
al agenciees plan fo
or fall prrescribed fire
HIN
NES, Ore. – Fire crews frrom the Burn
ns Interagency Fire Zone e xpect to carrry out withinn the next
monnth a large prrescribed firee in the Moon
n Hill area neear Krumbo R idge. If weeather permitts, officials
say the project could start as early as nextt week.
Thee Burns Interaagency Fire Zone does a number of prrescribed firee projects annnually to reduuce fuel
ncrease foragee for livestocck and wildliife, and
loadding and the risk of catasttrophic large wildfires, in
impprove wildlifee habitat.
Firee Managemen
nt Officer Keen Higle said
d, “These projects
j
are impportant in ourr efforts to deevelop more
fire resilient and
d healthier ecosystems. In
n the long terrm, completinng these projjects will alloow for
wer intensity fires that are more in tunee with the hisstoric natural occurrence of fire in thiss area.”
low
Thee 6,000-acre Moon Hill prrescribed firee will last app
proximately 3 -7 days. Thhere will be noticeable
urn area. The public shouuld be awaree of the activiity and
smooke and increeased traffic around the bu
avoid the work site as much as possible.
For further inforrmation on prrescribed burrning in Harn
ney County, c ontact Chadd Rott at
(5411) 573-4504.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Fedeeral agency. Thiis land, known as the National
Systeem of Public Lan
nds, is primarily
y located in 12 Western states, in
ncluding Alaska. The BLM alsoo administers 7000 million acres
hout the nation. The BLM's mulltiple-use missioon is to sustain thhe health, diverssity, and
of suub-surface minerral estate through
produuctivity of the pu
ublic lands for th
he use and enjoy
yment of presentt and future geneerations. In Fisccal Year 2012, acctivities on
publiic lands generateed $4.6 billion in
n revenue, much
h of which was sh
hared with the S tates where the activities occurrred. In
addittion, public land
ds contributed mo
ore than $112 biillion to the U.S. economy and h elped support more than 500,0000 jobs.
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