South Dakota Field Office
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BLM Set to Burn Slash Piles
The Bureau of Land Management in cooperation with the State of South Dakota will begin burning piles of limbs and branches left over from fire fuel-reduction operations near Lead and Sturgis when weather conditions permit.
The slash piles are located throughout the Fort Meade Recreation Area and in the vicinity of Lead near Englewood and along the Yellow Creek road near the Jaybird Subdivision.
All of the burning will be on BLM managed lands and approximately 400 acres are scheduled to be completed. Smoke will be monitored to minimize impacts to smoke sensitive areas.
Burning operations will take place once snow is on the ground and the weather outlook calls for continued precipitation.
For further information contact Ryan Larson at (605) 892-7033 or (605) 210-0284.
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. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, recreational and other activities on BLM-managed land contributed more than $130 billion to the U.S. economy and supported more than 600,000 American jobs. The Bureau is also one of a handful of agencies that collects more revenue than it spends. In FY 2012, nearly $5.7 billion will be generated on lands managed by the BLM, which operates on a $1.1 billion budget. The BLM's multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Bureau accomplishes this by managing such activities as outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and energy production, and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources on public lands.
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