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Firefighters and fuels specialists from the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest continue their spring prescribed fire operations across the Forest. Potential projects may include the following locations, as weather and fuels conditions allow.

🔥Pintler Ranger District
Firefighters and fuels crew members, working with our interagency partners, plan to ignite the irrigation ditches on Grant Kohrs Ranch in Deer Lodge, MT on Friday, May 10th. Firefighters will hand-ignite the grassy fuels in the irrigation ditches with drip torches, with total acreage around 100. The public is urged to stay away from burning operations in the fields west of the Clark Fork River in the general vicinity.

With forecasted winds, starting from the south and shifting to the northwest in the afternoon, smoke may intermittently impact the town of Deer Lodge. Smoke may be visible from Deer Lodge proper and the Interstate 90 corridor throughout the Deer Lodge Valley.

🔥Wisdom Ranger District (Administrative Sites)
Firefighters and fuels crew members plan to ignite the Jackson Unit and the Wisdom Unit on Saturday, May 11th and the Steel Creek Unit on Sunday, May 12th.  Collectively, these administrative units total approximately 270 acres. The purpose of the prescribed fire operations is to reduce fine fuel loading and to increase desirable forage for agency pack stock.

    📍Jackson Unit – along Warm Springs Creek Road, 1 mile southeast of Jackson, MT.
    📍Wisdom Unit – at Wisdom Ranger District, along FS Rd 300.
    📍Steel Creek Unit – up Steel Creek Rd (FS Rd 90), 5 miles east of Wisdom, MT.

Smoke impacts are expected to be low; smoke may be visible from Highway 43 and Highway 278 and the towns of Wisdom and Jackson. Fuels within the units should consume quickly, and smoke will be dispersed by transport winds.

For updates or more information, contact the appropriate Ranger District offices.
Pintler Ranger District (406) 859-3211
Wisdom Ranger District (406) 689-3243