Prolonged fire season complicates prescribed burns
A prescribed burn near Ovando escaped containment on OCT. 14, more than tripling in size to become the Nevada Lake Fire. Though the fire was intended to cover only 65 acres, it spans more than 200 acres on the border between Powell and Lewis and Clark counties.
According to InciWeb, a disaster management database managed by the Forest Service, “attempts to control ‘slopover’ or areas where the prescribed fire escaped containment lines were unsuccessful.”
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks planned the burn with the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation and the Blackfoot Challenge, an Ovando-based community conservation group. While the fire grew substantially early in the week, it had not significantly changed in size since Wednesday.
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