High Plains District Office
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BLM Burns Slash Piles on Muddy Mountain
The Bureau of Land Management High Plains District will be burning slash piles on Muddy Mountain today.
Who: Bureau of Land Management High Plains District
What: BLM is burning slash piles on Muddy Mountain.
When: December 7, 2010
Where: Muddy Mountain is located 15 miles south of Casper, Wyo. The slash piles and debris were created from forest health management activities in the Muddy Mountain Environmental Education Area. The goals of this project are to improve the health and age class diversity of aspen woodlands and lodgepole pine communities as well as reduce hazardous fuel loadings adjacent to developed recreational sites.
For more information, call the Casper Interagency Dispatch Center at 1-800-295-9952.
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.
High Plains District Office 2987 Prospector Dr. Casper, WY 82604