Prescribe burn planned for Game Range on Bandy Ranch

WOODWORTH – Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks in coordination with the University of Montana is planning to conduct an 80-acre prescribed burn on the Bandy Ranch, on the east side of the Blackfoot Clearwater Wildlife Management Area Game Range, this fall when weather, fuel conditions and air quality become favorable. Smoke will be visible from Highway 200 and the Woodworth area. The area will be closed to hunters and recreationists during burning operations.

According to FWP Wildlife Biologist Scott Eggeman, the purpose of the project is for ecological benefit to the understory grasslands. The...