Prescribed fire today in Rich County

LAKETOWN, Rich County — BLM fire officials plan to burn piles of juniper cuttings in Laketown throughout the day today.

The prescribed burns are designed to reduce wildland fire danger on Bureau of Land Management lands in the area of northern Rich County by breaking up the continuity of the juniper woodland.

The BLM has performed similar treatments throughout the past six years. "Observations from prior treatments have exhibited secondary success by improving wildlife habitat through an increase in herbaceous vegetation, formerly choked out by the dense juniper," the BLM said in a statement.

For more information and maps of the area, go to utahfireinfo.gov.