Community Briefs

DNRC to burn slash piles

SEELEY LAKE - The Montana DNRC, Clearwater Unit, is proposing to burn slash piles from timber harvest and other treatments in several areas such as: the Seeley Lake area, Placid Lake area, Salmon Lake, Rice Ridge, Kozy Korner, the Game Range, and the Blanchard Creek / Lost Prairie Creek area. This pile burning will occur after approval from the Montana Department of Environmental Quality and Missoula County. If conditions are acceptable and the smoke columns are transported in acceptable directions, burns will be conducted. If conditions change dramatically, ignition w...