Prescribed burns OK'd near Rock Creek
The Lolo National Forest issued a final decision memo for the Rock Creek Ecosystem Maintenance Burning project to conduct prescribed burns on up to 19,855 acres to reduce wildfire hazard and improve wildlife habitat.
The project is located on the Missoula Ranger District in the Rock Creek drainage in Granite County south of Clinton, Montana. The project area contains portions of Wildland Urban Interface as identified by the Granite County Community Wildfire Protection Plan and the Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2003.
The decision authorizes prescribed burning to improve habitat for big game species by increasing the quality and quantity of forage and to reduce fuel accumulations to moderate wildfire hazard, intensity and potential spread to communities and impacts to natural resources.
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