Contact: Jean
Nelson-Dean, Deschutes NF Public Affairs Officer, 541-383-5561
Date: October 2, 2017
Sisters
Ranger District to Conduct Prescribed Burn
Burn to be
done near Lake Billy Chinook
SISTERS— Tomorrow fuel management
specialists on the Sisters Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest
will be doing a prescribed burn on a 155-acre unit located 2 miles west of Lake
Billy Chinook near the junction of Forest Service Road 11 and Forest Service
Road 1170.
The
unit, called Flymon, is expected to be completed in one day; however, depending
on burning conditions it may take up to two days. Following the prescribed burn
the area will be mopped up and patrolled.
The
burn will create a greater mosaic of grasses and shrubs under the overstory of
large trees to improve wildlife habitat in the area. Primarily the burn will
improve deer winter range.
Communities
to the east of the burn including Madras and Redmond may see smoke, but should
not be impacted by smoke. Smoke may pool overnight in the Lake Billy Chinook
area. No road closures are planned outside of areas immediately adjacent to the
burn unit.
All
prescribed burning is dependent on weather and planned in accordance with smoke
management standards administered by the State of Oregon.
Keep up with prescribed burns in Central Oregon by visiting this
live map: http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/webmaps/deschutes/cofms-rxfire/
For more information, follow us on twitter
@CentralORFire.
-USFS-
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