ROCK SPRINGS — The Bureau of Land Management High Desert District may conduct prescribed burns in the coming months on lands managed by the Rock Springs field office.

The BLM says treatments will only be implemented when fuel moisture, snow cover and weather conditions meet prescribed parameters.

Burning is prescribed at the Iron Mountain project area in Sweetwater County, approximately 10 miles north of Dutch John, Utah. Flaming Gorge Reservoir lies east of the units and Little Mountain is north of the target units. The 1,430 acres of hand created slash piles will be targeted for ignitions. The treatment will increase available forage for big game on critical winter range and reduce hazardous fuels on the landscape.

BLM prescribed fire projects follow strict approval, permitting, and

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