Prescribed burn today at Rocky Mountain National Park

Posted by egable on September 17th, 2008 filed in Forests, National parks, Fire

There will be a prescribed burn in Rocky Mountain National Park today in the Beaver Meadows area that is expected to continue into Thursday and possibly Friday as well.

The Upper Beaver Meadows Road will be closed during this project, but the road should open this evening for elk viewing. While the road is closed, visitors will be allowed to walk on the road but no vehicles or bikes will be allowed. Trailheads along that road, including Beaver Mountain Trail, will be closed for public safety as well.

The general burn area is roughly 400 acres, although not all 400 acres will be burned.

The goals of the prescribed burn include reducing accumulated fuels and reintroducing fire into the ecosystem to limit the occurrence of stand replacement wildfires.