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Contact: Gina Baltrusch

(LEWISTOWN, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) North Central Montana District plans to conduct up to five prescribed fire operations during the coming winter, district fire management officials announced today.

“The implementation and timing of these burns is dependent on weather and fuel conditions being optimal for safe operations,” said NCMD Fire Management Specialist and Fuels Program Manager Mike Solheim. “It’s difficult to predict exactly when those conditions will occur, so we wanted to let the public know these burns are on our to-do list...