In July 2023 the South Platte Ranger District completed 250 acres of broadcast burning as part of the Sand Springs Prescribed Fire Project. The project was intended to reduce wildfire hazard and increase forest resilience at a heavily used trailhead and recreation area in the Pike National Forest. Additionally, the project is part of a larger landscape spatial strategy in the Buffalo Creek area that aims to leverage adjacent forest management activities and areas burned by previous wildfires to create a large, continuous landscape where forest conditions support lower fire intensity and provide increased opportunities for successful wildfire management.

 

Read more about the prescribed burning goals, objectives, and highlights