January 25, 2022 - Pile Burning

Black Hills National Forest:

    • Spearfish Canyon Fuels Project

Northern Hills fire will be burning a mix of hand and machine piles in Spearfish Canyon, beginning tomorrow, Jan. 26, 2022, thru winter, as conditions permit. Crews are working to reduce surface fuels from past tornado events in the Canyon, with particular attention to important values at risk (homes, watersheds, etc.). The piles are located between Cheyenne Crossing and Savoy along HWY 14A.

    • Coil Project: Located SE of Sundance, WY

        12:30 p.m. Update: Pile Burning is underway in the Coil Project Area, 1/25/22.

(Above Photos: Coil Project Pile Burning, taken 1/25/22 by Don Doten, Black Hills National Forest)

9:30 a.m. Bearlodge fire (located in Sundance, WY) will be burning mechanical piles today from a tornado clean-up project (Coil Project) 12 - 15 air miles SE of Sundance, conditions permitting. There are approximately 200 piles (from Moskee Road to Sand Creek to Williams Gulch) that crews are planning to burn within the next 3-4 days.

(Above 3 Photos: First photo shows the area after the tornado went thru. Second photo shows the piles that were created after the timber sale. Third photo shows a pile surrounded by snow that is ready to be burned. By Josh Hoffmann, Black Hills National Forest)