PRESS RELEASE
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is planning pile burns in the White River Field Office between Jan. 31 and March 30, 2024.
The 415-acre project area is in the Piceance Basin, approximately 25 miles southwest of Meeker on BLM public lands in Rio Blanco County.
The pile burning will reduce pinyon-juniper slash from a thinning project designed to reduce hazardous fuels near residences, range improvements, as well as electrical and oil and…