Missoula BLM to conduct prescribed burning along Blackfoot River
POTOMAC – There will be a little “smoke on the water” this spring as the Bureau of Land Management’s Missoula Field Office does some prescribed burning along the Blackfoot River corridor between Johnsrud Park and Riverbend Campground, north of Potomac and west of Highway 200 near Greenough.
Smoke may be visible periodically starting in late March and lasting through early May. When weather and fuel conditions are favorable, multiple units ranging from 20 to 570 acres are planned for prescribed burning. Each of these units will produce smoke for several days and may take several days to complete once started.
These treatments are restoring the historic vegetative conditions characterized by large-diameter ponderosa pine and western larch with intermittent openings of forbs, shrubs and bunch grasses. These prescribed burns will remove the small “ladder fuels” and down woody debris, which reduces the risk of high-severity wildfires. Firefighters will use both aerial and ground ignition to implement these burns.
For more information, contact BLM Fire Management Specialist Michael Albritton at the Missoula Field Office at 406-329-3914.
Missoula County Sheriff’s Office Call Log March 6– March 13
• 3/6, 9:33am, 5X mile marker Highway 83, Salmon Prairie: Accident - Injury
• 3/8, 10:50am, X mile marker Highway 83, Greenough: Slide-in, No Property Damage
• 3/9, 6:46am, 2XX C Street, Seeley Lake: Suspicious Activity
• 3/10, 2:32pm, 3XX Timberlane, Seeley Lake: Fraud
• 3/10, 3:00pm, 12XX Potomac Loop Road, Potomac: Disturbance
• 3/11, 12:43pm, X mile marker Highway 83, Greenough: Accident - Injury
Seeley Lake Rural Fire District Call Log March 6 – March 12
• 3/7, Overland Trail, Seeley Lake: Medical
• 3/10, Hemlock Drive, Seeley Lake: Medical
• 3/11, Highway 83, Seeley Lake: Accident
Weekly COVID-19 update
As of March 14, there have been 271,774 cases of COVID-19 in Montana. There have been 1,413,143 doses of vaccines administered and 557,895 Montanans fully immunized. There are 655 active cases, 11,766 total hospitalizations with 46 active, 267,896 recoveries and 3,223 deaths in Montana due to COVID-19 complications. Missoula County has had 27,192 cases, 148 active cases, 26,843 recovered and 201 COVID-related deaths to date.
Free, drive-up COVID-19 testing, for those with symptoms or those who are a close contact to a positive case, is available at the Seeley Lake Community Foundation Parking Lot Tuesdays from 1-3 p.m. At-home tests are also available at no cost at the Seeley Lake Fire Department, 200 Firehouse Lane. For the most up-to-date and accurate information please refer to the Missoula County-City Health Department website http://missoulainfo.com or call 406-258-INFO (4636) Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
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