South Dakota Field Office
| Contacts: | Mark Jacobsen 406-233-2831 |
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. 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.
South Dakota Field Office 310 Roundup Street Belle Fourche, SD 57717