Additional RX burns planed for October

Several more prescribed burns are scheduled in Southern Oregon before the fall treatment window closes. Locations/fires include Bryant Mountain, Box Underburn, Klamath Marsh, and West Drews.

Treatment locations

Bryant Mountain RX Burn Piles, 600 acres, October 17
Located 4 miles southeast of Malin, Ore., and 20 miles southeast of Klamath Falls, Ore. on BLM managed lands in the Bryant Mountain area. Smoke may be visible from the town of Malin and Highway 39.

Box Underburn, 205 acres, October 17
Located east of Gearhart road and Forest Service 34 Road in the Bly Ranger District. Approximately 205 acres are expected to be treated. Smoke may be seen rising from the east side of Gearhart Mountain.

Mo and Jo RX Burn Piles, 1063 acres, October 16
Located east of the Klamath Marsh off Forest Service roads 49 and 4973 in the Chemult Ranger District. Smoke may be seen from the Klamath Marsh area and Highway 97.

West Drews Underburn, 300 acres, October 16
Located in Secret Valley and Barnes Rim on Forest Service 3940 road in the Lakeview Ranger District. Smoke may be visible from the town of Bly and Highway 140.

RX Fire Info

The primary objective is to safely reduce hazardous fuel loadings and break-up continuity of surface fuels which will decrease the potential for stand replacing wildfires.  Prescribed burns will also introduce fire back into the landscape in such a manner that it creates a mosaic of burned and unburned fuel which will increase forage heterogeneity for wildlife.

Smoke from treatment locations may be visible for 10-15 days after the start of the burn.

Additional information on area RX fires can be located here.