Miles City Field Office
| Contacts: | Mark Jacobsen 406-233-2831 |
BLM to Burn Slash Piles in Ekalaka Hills
The BLM Miles City Field Office will be burning slash piles in the J.P. Smith and Camp Needmore area in the Ekalaka Hills southeast of Ekalaka between Dec. 7 and Jan. 31, 2010.
Approximately 500 piles of the non-marketable timber and debris will be burned as weather conditions permit. Burning will occur between the hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. and smoke may be visible.
The piles are a by-product of a hazardous fuels reduction project initiated to reduce the threat of wildfire spreading from BLM administered lands onto adjacent U.S. Forest Service and private lands.
For more information on the burning or to get advice about maintaining defensible space in wildland-urban areas call the BLM Miles City Interagency Dispatch Center at (406)233-2900.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM's multiple-use mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. In Fiscal Year 2012, activities on public lands generated $4.6 billion in revenue, much of which was shared with the States where the activities occurred. In addition, public lands contributed more than $112 billion to the U.S. economy and helped support more than 500,000 jobs.
Miles City Field Office 111 Garryowen Road Miles City, MT 59301