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BLM outlines pile and broadcast prescribed burns in Spanish Fork Canyon to reduce wildfire risk
Summary
BLM field manager Matt Preston and fuels specialist Eric Valdez briefed the commission on planned pile burns (15–20 acres; about 40–50 piles) and a proposed fall broadcast burn (~1,200 acres) in Reservation Ridge/Spanish Fork Canyon to improve habitat and slow wildfire spread; commissioners asked about public wood-collection opportunities and better early coordination with county staff.
Matt Preston, field manager for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in northern Utah, told the commission the BLM has been managing fuels in Reservation Ridge and Spanish Fork Canyon since 2012 and proposed near-term pile burns to reduce fuels and prepare for a larger broadcast prescribed burn in the fall.
Preston said the immediate proposal covers roughly 15–20 acres and about 40–50…
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