Multiple Prescribed Burns Planned for Sleeping Bear Dunes This Spring

Multiple prescribed burns planned for Sleeping Bear Dunes this spring

Officials with the National Park Service said that there will be multiple prescribed burns at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore this month.According to the NSP, there will be two prescribed fires before May 31. The dates have not been announced.A prescribed fire, also known as a planned burn, is used as a tool to restore forest habitats and also reduce the threat of wildland fire.The Michigan DNR said earlier this week that fire danger is e…

Wallowa Whitman National Forest begins prescribed burning near Joseph today

JOSEPH – A heads up for Wallowa County residents, the Wallowa Whitman National Forest is beginning prescribed fire operations near Joseph today, as conditions allow.  The planned burning area is in the Cold Canal 505 area of the Wallowa Fire Zone, roughly 18 miles east of Joseph, near White Horse Ridge and the Big Sheep Creek Drainage (see map below). The project area is 653 acres. As with all burns, residents may see visible smoke for up to sev…

Prescribed burns to begin on national forests

The Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests plan to begin a series of prescribed burns in the coming days, as favorable weather conditions allow, officials said this week.