Kootenai National Forest officials plan fall burns
A member of the Kootenai National Forest Libby District team uses a drip torch on a prescribed fire on Sunday, April 14, 2024. The 96-acre broadcast burn was in a timber harvest unit near the Cripple Horse drainage northeast of Libby. (Scott Shindledecker/The Western News)
The Kootenai National Forest is planning to conduct fall prescribed fire projects when weather, fuel conditions and air quality become favorable.
All projects follow a prescribed fire burn plan and are located and designed to be controlled to reduce the potential for adverse effects. Prescribed fire is an essential tool for promoting resilient fire-adapted landscapes and mitigating wildfire risk across forests.
During prescribed fire operations, smoke may be visible from various places across the forest depending on the location of the burn units and weather conditions.
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