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A map showing the prescribed fire operations in the Strawberry Canyon area that will continue June 1 through June 13. The project will improve…
The Montpelier Ranger District will continue its prescribed fire operations in the Strawberry Canyon area, pictured, June 1 through June 13. T…
MONTPELIER — Starting June 1 through June 13, the Montpelier Ranger District plans to continue prescribed fire operations in the Strawberry Canyon area, 15 miles west of Montpelier.
A study by the University of Southern California estimates hundreds of thousands of pounds of toxic metals have been dumped onto forests during aerial fire retardant drops during the past decade, and, according to a new federal lawsuit filed against the U.S. Forest Service, could potentially harm wildlife, specifically endangered and threatened species.
A vicinity map for the Strawberry Aspen Project.
A photo of Strawberry Canyon.
MONTPELIER — Starting Monday and running through May 31, the Montpelier Ranger District plans to ignite a 503-acre prescribed burn in the Strawberry Canyon area, 15 miles west of Montpelier. Ignition of the Strawberry Canyon burn units on the Caribou-Targhee National Forest will proceed when weather and fuel conditions are favorable. Smoke may be noticeable from the Preston and Montpelier areas and limited to the tri-county area of Bear Lake, Franklin and Caribou, particularly in the vicinity of Strawberry and Emigration Canyons.
The Utah Department of Natural Resources has begun a series of prescribed burns across the state, according to Kelly Wickens Archer, a Wildfir…