As winter settles over the area, the Shoshone National Forest plans to conduct pile burning operations as weather conditions allow. These piles are the result of completed timber sales and fuels reduction work throughout the Forest. This work could begin as early as this week and will be ongoing as conditions are favorable.
Wapiti Ranger District
-North Fork Corridor (Highway 14/16/20)
-Pahaska Tepee Lodge, Summer home group (FST 751)
-Mormon Creek Summer homes (FST 754)
-Crossed Sabres Lodge – Libby Creek (FST 791)
-Kitty Creek – above the summer home group (FST 756)
-Blackwater Creek – above the lodge (FSR 435 & FST 758)
-Green Creek (FSR 406)
Greybull Ranger District
-Dick Creek (FSR 203 & 202)
Clarks Fork Ranger District-Crandall Ranger station area (FSR 109)
Wind River Ranger District
-Long Creek Road (FSR 513)
-Horse Creek Road (FSR 285 & FSR 507)
-Pilot Knob area (FSR 537)
-Coffin Butte area (FSR 540, FSR 540.1B & FSR 564)
-Warm Springs Creek/Kitten Creek Area (FSR 263 & FSR605)
-Salt Creek Area off FSR 533
-South Fork of Warm Springs area (FSR 532)
-Community piles near Union Pass subdivision and Pinnacle Heights recreation residences west of Dubois
Washakie Ranger District
-Louis Lake turn-off along FSR300/311/313,
-Rock Creek area near Rock Creek Reservoir (FSR 310 & FSR 310.1A)
-Pine Creek area along the Forest boundary (FSR 315/314/316)
-Neff Park area near the Fremont Co. Youth Camp and Worthen Reservoir (FSR 304)
-Towsend Creek/Worthen Meadows area (FSR 300, 302, &305)
-Community piles near the Pass Creek Subdivision south of Lander and the Diamond 4 Ranch northeast of Dickinson Park.
Implementation will be dependent upon favorable weather conditions and availability of resources. Personnel will patrol and monitor the piles during and after ignition until they are declared out.
The piles may smolder and burn for several days after ignition, producing smoke. Smoke impacts are expected to be minimal; all efforts will be made to limit these impacts to the surrounding communities. There is a strong possibility for smoke to settle in low-lying areas overnight. Smoke generated from burning these piles may be visible near burning operations as well as in the nearby communities of Crandall, Cody, Meeteetse, Lander, and Dubois.
For more information about these projects, please contact the Wind River Ranger District in Dubois at 307-455-2466, the Washakie Ranger District in Lander at 307-332-5460, or the North Zone at 307-527-6921 For more forest updates please visit our website at www.fs.usda.gov/Shoshone, or follow us on Facebook, www.facebook.com/ShoshoneNationalForestOfficial.