Three Rivers: District plans prescribed burn areas

 Spring is here and the Three Rivers Ranger District is beginning to implement its prescribed burn programs. 

 The Three Rivers Ranger District uses prescribed burning as a resource management tool to reach their management objectives. 

Some of the most common objectives of prescribed burning are fuel reduction, site preparation for reforestation, improvement and creation of wildlife habitat and regulation of stand composition. 

 The Three Rivers Ranger District may treat up to 2,020 acres this spring and fall with their prescribed burn programs. 

   About 550 acres may be treated by understory burning to remove logging slash.

   If you have any questions about the prescribed burns or would like to be contacted prior to any burning in your area, please call the Three Rivers Ranger District at 406-295-7478 or Kootenai Dispatch at 406-283-7740.