Wildland Fire News

A selection of news releases and stories related to wildland fire management. For details about ongoing wildfires, visit the National Interagency Fire Center.

Prescribed burning south of Boise (www.blm.gov)

03/19/2020

The Bureau of Land Management will be conducting prescribed burns to reduce unsafe accumulations of tumbleweeds along fence lines and roadways south of Boise within the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area.

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Prescribed fire planned for Sierrita Mountains (www.blm.gov)

03/17/2020

The Bureau of Land Management’s Tucson Field Office and Gila District Fire Management Office, in cooperation with the Altar Valley Conservation Alliance and the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management, will conduct a multiple-day prescribed burn in the Sierrita Mountains, pending appropriate weather and seasonal conditions, within the months of April through June 2020.

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