BLM CONDUCTS PRESCRIBED BURNS TO REDUCE WILDFIRE RISK IN NORTHERN IDAHO

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following press release:

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho- Beginning in November 2026, and continuing through December 2026, the BLM in coordination with the US Wildland Fire Service will conduct a series of prescribed burns across northern Idaho on Bureau of Land Management lands. These prescribed burns aim to reduce hazardous fuel accumulations, enhance forest health and landscape resiliency, protect wildlife habitats, and improve firefighter and public safety by reducing wildfire risks. Burn activities, listed below, will proceed as weather, staffing, and on-ground conditions allow; acreages are approximate:

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