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Rocky Mountain National Park Announces Plans for Either Pile Burning or a Prescribed Burn on Monday, December 9, 2024

December 6, 2024 · Source: National Park Service

Park fire managers conduct a prescribed fire in Rocky Mountain National Park in November of 2024. — Image supplied by the National Park Service. View the original image and credit

Based upon the potential for favorable weather and fuels conditions early next week, fire managers at Rocky Mountain National Park are planning to burn either a 60-acre section of the Headquarters Prescribed Fire Unit or conduct a pile burning operation near Wild Basin which will be visible from Highway 7 beginning on Monday, December 9, 2024.

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