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Long Draw Prescribed
Fire Planned for West of Hill City, SD
Rapid City, SD, October 29, 2018 – Black Hills National Forest Central Zone Fire is
planning to burn 570 acres on the Long Draw project beginning Tuesday, October 30,
weather permitting. Officials say the prescribed burn may take several days to
complete.
This project unit is located approximately 6 miles
west of Hill City on the east side of Medicine Mountain Road; south of 6-mile
road, and north of Reno Gulch Road.
The goal of the Long Draw Prescribed Fire is to
establish and maintain a mosaic of vegetation conditions over the project area.
This project will lessen the severity and extent of future wildfires in the
project area by breaking up the continuity of dead, downed fuels, ultimately
reducing fuel loads. Fire will also be utilized as a tool to thin pine
regeneration and increase canopy base heights. Additionally, the burn will
stimulate browse for big game species.
Smoke will be visible from Rapid City, Hill City,
Custer, SD, surrounding areas and from Highway 16/385. Smoke will also be
visible in the days following ignition and firefighters will remain on scene
monitoring the burn for as long as needed.
Weather conditions will be monitored closely to assure
prescribed fire conditions align with management objectives for the burn.
For more information on Black Hills National Forest
prescribed fire, visit https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/blackhills/fire/?cid=FSEPRD575179.
Follow Great Plains Fire Information online at: http://gpfireinfo.blogspot.com/ for
current fire and prescribed fire updates.
