U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT NEWS RELEASE
Lewistown Field Office
Lewistown Field Office
| Contacts: | John Seemann 406-538-1944 |
BLM Planning a Prescribed Burn South of Malta
If weather conditions allow, the Bureau of Land Management’s Central Montana Fire Zone will conduct a prescribed burn on public lands in Guston Coulee (approximately 20 miles southeast of Malta, Montana).
“The prescribed burn could occur anytime over the next several weeks if the weather and site conditions improve,” according to John Seemann, a BLM fuels specialist in Lewistown.
The objectives of the burn would be to remove prickly pear cactus and annual brome (cheatgrass and Japanese brome) species, and to destroy the above ground seed source of annual bromes.
If you have questions about this potential controlled burn, please contact John Seemann at 406-538-1944.
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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