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Show Varney-Griffin Prescribed Fire Ignited Monday CEDAR' CITY Monday, September 10, 2001, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) ignited a prescribed fire north of the Griffin Ranch homestead located approximately approx-imately five miles northwest of Wide Hollow Reservoir near Esca-lante. Esca-lante. The fire was ignited by hand. By this action the BLM hopes to increase the critical deer winter range and elk habitat by the reduction of big sagebrush, pinyon, and juniper, and lessen the soil erosion in that area. This past spring, land was cleared of continuous vegetation, thereby creating fuel breaks. These breaks are located along Forest Service and BLM boundaries. From these fuel breaks the ignition operation will began to widen and strengthen the holding lines. This will allow firefighters to have more control of the prescribed fire. There is a minimum of 25 personnel on hand to ignite, observe ob-serve fire behavior, and do fire suppression sup-pression if it becomes neces sary. Three engines will be on location (See VARNEY FIRE on Page 2A) VARNEY FIRE From Front Page and other support crews and resources re-sources on standby. The project area will be patrolled until no smoke is present. After the prescribed burn is completed the area will be seeded sometime between December, 2001, and February, 2002, in order to take advantage of winter and spring precipitation. The seed mixture would contain a minimum of 80 percent native plant species. Any questions concerning the prescribed fire should be addressed to Anne Stanworth at (435) 586-2401. |