The Idaho Department of Lands will be conducting a pile
burning project approximately 40 miles south of Burley, ID in the Jim Sage
Mountains. Burning will begin on Wednesday, January 30th and
continue through Friday, February 1st. The project will burn
roughly 1700 piles of juniper that were cleared as part of a Cohesive Strategy
Special Project that was grant funded by the US Forest Service through the Idaho
Department of Lands. The project is located in two different units; one unit
is approximately 4 miles east of Elba, ID, and the other is approximately 4
miles south-southwest of Almo, ID
The intention of the fuels treatment is to reduce juniper
density to improve sage grouse habitat and create fuel breaks to protect
existing sage habitat.
