Feds to hold meeting on prescribed burn near Silt

Federal fire officials will be holding a public meeting Dec. 10 at the Bureau of Land Management office in Silt about a proposed prescribed fire planned 14 miles south of Silt in Reservoir Gulch.

BLM and the White River National Forest and Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre national forests are working together on the proposed project, which is designed to reduce hazardous build-up of brush and other wildfire fuel, reduce the risk of fire to adjacent private property and improve ecosystem health.

The burn could take place as early as this spring if the right combination of weather conditions and moisture in the vegetation occurs. Fire officials hope to burn about 1,000 acres on BLM land and about 1,300 acres on national forest lands.