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More Than 450 Acres of Piles Successfully Burned in Valles Caldera

March 19, 2024 · Source: National Park Service

A fre crew member walks near burning piles on a snow-covered mountain slope. — Image supplied by the National Park Service. View the original image and credit

With winter concluding, the National Park Service has completed its prescribed pile burning in Valles Caldera National Preserve for the season. These burns are part of a prescribed burn project to reduce material left from previous forest thinning work.

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