BLM to burn slash piles near Shell

The Bureau of Land Management Wind River/Bighorn Basin District tentatively plans to burn slash piles within the Cody, Lander and Worland field office areas this fall and winter. These pile burns will reduce accumulated slash from previous mechanical thinning projects. 

Pile burning is contingent upon fuel moistures and weather meeting appropriate treatment conditions on site. Smoke may be visible from surrounding areas during the pile burning and days following as slash material consumes. 

These projects may be conducted from mid-October through April.

Among the burn locations are one on Bear Creek (approximately 65 acres of piles 12 miles north of Shell on the west slope of the Big Horn Mountains) and one on Beaver Creek (approximately 70 acres of piles 10 miles north of Shell on the west slope of the Big Horn Mountains).

For more information, please contact Rance Neighbors at 307-347-5100.