Fireplace crews will burn about 500 acres at Rocky Mountain Arsenal Nationwide Wildlife Refuge Monday in a prescribed burn that can produce smoke seen for a number of miles.
The fireplace shall be within the southwest part of the refuge, in accordance with an alert from the refuge’s X account.
⚠️SPRING PRESCRIBED BURNING NOTICE⚠️
🔥Climate allowing, the #WildlifeRefuge shall be conducting prescribed burning actions on the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Nationwide Wildlife Refuge starting Monday, March eleventh. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/AWjm3mBQhJ
— Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR (@USFWSRMA_Alert) March 4, 2024
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the company that manages the refuge, plans to burn as much as 2,305 acres over 4 weeks; Monday is the start of the venture.
The burns shall be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
