Today the National Park Service began igniting the 2,199-acre Cold Brook prescribed fire in Wind Cave National Park in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The project is in a wildland urban interface area with several private residences within a quarter mile of the site. The expectation was that Unit #1 would be burned today, October 23, and additional burning in Units #2 and/or #3 would occur on Friday. (See the map below.)
The goals are to reduce fuel loading in the ponderosa pine forest, decrease encroachment of young ponderosa pine into the prairie, and to decrease the wildfire threat for the nearby residences.
The project is adjacent to US Highway 385, which could be occasionally closed.
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2 thoughts on “South Dakota: Cold Brook prescribed fire”
now THOSE are recruitment photos!
Maybe you could sell a couple to the R5 recruitment kids? With royalties paid to Snooki, of course.
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Thanks Kelly. I was thinking the same thing, that photos like these might provoke some interest from a young person looking for a job in the great outdoors… more so than the conga line photo the USFS is using for recruitment.
By the way, I added a couple of images after you left your comment.
now THOSE are recruitment photos!
Maybe you could sell a couple to the R5 recruitment kids? With royalties paid to Snooki, of course.
Thanks Kelly. I was thinking the same thing, that photos like these might provoke some interest from a young person looking for a job in the great outdoors… more so than the conga line photo the USFS is using for recruitment.
By the way, I added a couple of images after you left your comment.