A prescribed burn is scheduled for April 6 & 7 (Monday and Tuesday) 23 miles south of Conner MT 

Please continue to follow this posting as conditions may change.

Firefighters are preparing to reduce hazardous fuels in the Hughes Creek prescribed burn area, east of the West Fork River and Highway 473 and within the Hughes Creek and Castner Creek drainages. To see this area, please refer to the Bitterroot National Forest proposed prescribed burn map at http://tiny.cc/PrescribedBurnMap

On April 6, firefighters plan to use hand ignitions on 250 acres to remove fuel and create a blackened control line. On April 7, an Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) will be used to help ignite vegetation in a safe and controlled way using plastic sphere dispensers. After ignitions, firefighters will continue to extinguish any remaining heat.

No closures are expected. Smoke impacts may be localized to Hughes Creek, Alta and Hwy 473 south of Painted Rocks Lake. Updates will be provided. 

For more Bitterroot National Forest fire information, please check out our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/DiscoverBitterrootNFour and our link tree which provides multiple tools, such as how to sign up for county alerts and learn about wildfire protection at https://linktr.ee/BitterrootFireInformation

To learn more about more about prescribed burning, please visit https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/prescribed-fire