Prescribed fires will burn near Meeker

MEEKER | Officials with the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Unit are planning prescribed fires this fall near Meeker to improve wildlife habitat and reduce build-up of vegetation that can fuel large wildfires.
The 766-acre Oak Ridge Prescribed Fire is planned about 10 miles southeast of Meeker in the Oak Ridge State Wildlife Area in mountain shrubs. The project could take up to five days and is a cooperative effort among the Rocky Mountain…