Don’t be alarmed if you see smoke uplake
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The North Cascades National Park Service Complex fire management team is preparing for prescribed pile burning in the Stehekin Valley this fall. The fire crew will ignite nine acres of piles along the Landing Strip Road to the gravel pit, and the annual Log Yard.
Fire crews may initiate pile burns in November if weather conditions allow.
The fire crew thinned trees and brush along the Landing Strip Road throughout the summer. They piled the material in openings between the trees for prescribed burns in the fall.
Prescribed burns are the careful application of fire under specific parameters and within defined boundaries set forth in a plan. They are conducted only when precise environmental conditions, or burn prescriptions, are met. Fuel moisture, temperature and wind direction must meet predefined prescriptions before fire managers will commence burning.
These treatments reduce the build-up of fuels, such as sticks, needles and other plant matter, and are intended to protect communities from wildfire. Prescribed burns also enhance habitat for fire-dependent plants and animals and help increase ecosystem diversity by stimulating new vegetation growth.
