The prescribed burns are aimed at reducing wildfire risk across southwest Idaho. (Benjamin Cossel, Bureau of Land Management)
The Bureau of Land Management began conducting prescribed burn operations on Thursday across southwest Idaho, which are scheduled to continue through May 2025.
The burns aim to reduce hazardous fuel from previous thinning and piling operations. By removing these fuels, the BLM seeks to enhance landscape resiliency, protect local habitats, and improve firefighter and public safety by reducing wildfire risk.
The burns will proceed as weather, staffing and on-ground conditions allow, according to a news release from the BLM.
Burns are planned near the following areas:
Bruneau-Owyhee-Sage-Grouse Habitat Pile Prescribed Burn:
- 10 acres at Charity Springs located on Toy Pass
- 523 acres at Bull Meadows near Reynolds Creek
- 325 acres at Mudflat Road approximately 15 miles south of Grandview
- 20 acres at Trout Creek Road approximately five miles east of Jordan Valley, Oregon