PINEDALE, Wyo. — The Bridger-Teton National Forest (BTNF) is currently seeking comments on the Pinedale Ranger District’s Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Vegetation Management Project near the Hoback Rim.
The East Rim WUI project is located approximately 25 miles northwest of Pinedale and 10 miles east of Bondurant, on the north side of U.S. Highway 189 and adjacent to the Packer-Miner Creek Road.
According to BTNF, the project aims to reduce wildfire fuels by removing dead trees and woody debris, thinning live trees and removing diseased trees on a region approximately 3,000 acres in size.
“Fuels reduction will be achieved through a variety of timber management activities and prescribed burning,” BTNF said in a statement.
BTNF said in the press release that the benefits of forest thinning and burning include improving landscape resilience to climate change and other disturbances by reducing wildfire risk, decreasing fuel loading, improving forest stand health and increasing the age class and species diversity of trees.
Comments can be submitted through the public participation portal. The comment period will run for 20 days, and the deadline is Jan. 6, 2025. Written comments can also be submitted by mail or hand delivered to: Kate Olsen, District Ranger, Pinedale Ranger District 29, East Fremont Lake Road, PO Box 220 Pinedale, WY 82941.
The office business hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.
