RBC I Fire managers from the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Unit are hoping conditions will be ideal in the upcoming weeks to begin igniting up to 12 prescribed fires on Bureau of Land Management and White River National Forest lands in Eagle, Garfield, Mesa, Pitkin, and Rio Blanco counties.
In Rio Blanco County, the planned burn is at Aldrich Lakes in the Blanco Ranger District, 14 miles northeast of Meeker, up to 1,800…