A helicopter was loaded Sept. 22 with the plastic sphere dispenser system to conduct the aerial burn
The Yellowjacket prescribed burn east of Bayfield was completed Tuesday prior to the afternoon rainstorms. A helicopter used a plastics sphere dispenser to aerially ignite 944 acres of National Forest lands in the Northern HD mountains south of U.S. Highway 160. A total of 2,539 acres was treated with prescribed fire in the area this week. The earlier planned First Notch prescribed burn north of the highway has been postponed.
"The Forest Service thanks area residents for their patience with the resulting smoke," the agency said in a statement.
Prescribed burning is designed to lower the risk of wildfire to public lands and adjacent communities and to improve wildlife habitat on public lands.
