Butte Field Office
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Butte BLM Proposes Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project in Clancy Area
The Bureau of Land Management’s Butte Field Office will hold a public open house meeting Jan. 25 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Clancy School cafeteria to discuss an upcoming hazardous fuels reduction project on public lands in the Clancy, Corbin and Montana City areas.
The BLM is in the early stages of preparing an environmental assessment that will analyze various hazardous fuels reduction treatments in what it’s referring to as the “Clancy Area Hazardous Fuels Reduction” project area. The total area under analysis is approximately 11,000 acres of BLM administered public lands with an estimated 3,300 acres being considered for possible treatment.
Planned activities include timber removal, biomass removal, thinning, pruning, chipping/mastication, and/or lop and scatter with materials left on site. Prescribed burning could be used to reduce slash residues. The goal of the proposed project is to provide for increased public and firefighter safety in the event of a wildland fire.
For more information about the project or the Jan. 25 meeting, please call Charles Tuss at the Butte Field Office at (406) 533-7600.
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.
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