MEEKER | Fire managers from the Northwest Colorado Fire Management Unit are planning to ignite the 313-acre Pinto Gulch Prescribed Fire 32 miles west of Meeker in the next several weeks if weather and air quality conditions are favorable.
The burn is planned in sagebrush, pinyon pine, and juniper near the junction of Rio Blanco County roads 122 and 24X in the Pinto Mesa area, above Trail Canyon. The prescribed burn will reduce the potential…