PINEDALE, WYO – Bridger-Teton National Forest officials are planning a prescribed burn near the Sylvan Bay Summer Home Area on the Pinedale Ranger District at the end of May or beginning of June.
The Sylvan Bay Road prescribed burn is a 126-acre unit consisting of light slash (branches and tree limbs) and ground fuels (low-lying shrubs and vegetation) in a Douglas fir stand. The area is located just east of the Fremont Lake Campground and south of Sylvan Bay summer homes.
Fuels will be hand-ignited using drip torches with crews working along the road. Engines will be shuttling water from the boat launch area to water tanks at the burn site. There will be no closures but traffic along the Sylvan Bay Road may be halted periodically to provide for firefighter safety. Fire managers expect to have most of the ignition operations completed in one or two days.
For more information on prescribed fire, fuels reduction projects, and defensible space, visit www.tetonfires.com or call the Pinedale Ranger District at 307-367-4326.
