Bosque del Apache NWR is planning to conduct a prescribed burn prescribed burn
A prescribed burn is the controlled use of fire to restore wildlife habitat, reduce wildfire risk, or achieve other habitat management goals. We have been using prescribed burn techniques to improve species habitat since the 1930s.
Learn more about prescribed burn , conditions
permitting, on approximately 272 acres of standing dead saltcedar on
Wednesday, September 15, 2004. The prescribed burn is part of the refuges
long term effort to control saltcedar and restore habitats in the historic flood plain
along the Rio Grande. The area to be burned is east of the Marsh Tour loop and
west of the Low Flow Conveyance Channel.
The Refuge Visitor Center and Farm Tour Loop are scheduled to remain open
during the prescribed burn. The Marsh Tour Loop will be closed, due to
expected heavy traffic from firefighters and possible smoke concerns.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agency responsible for
conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats
for the continuing benefit of the American people. The Service manages the 95-
million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System, which encompasses 544 national
wildlife refuges, thousands of small wetlands and other special management
areas. It also operates 69 national fish hatcheries, 64 fishery resources offices
and 81 ecological services field stations. The agency enforces federal wildlife
laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird
populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores
wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign and Native American tribal
governments with their conservation efforts. It also oversees the Federal
Assistance program, which distributes hundreds of millions of dollars in excise
taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to state fish and wildlife agencies.
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