We be burning

Kellen Backbone, Reporter

The B.I.A branch Forestry has announced the first burn in the Big Horn Mountains on the Crow Reservation. This season begins with spring clean up, which includes prescription burning around the local area, as well as future project burns in the Wolf and Pryor Mountain ranges.

Prescribe burning controls weed infestation and reduces dry underbrush, which fuels wildland fires. Tribal members who wish to have an area burn may submit a burn request at the B.I.A. Forestry department. Ranchers and farmers on lease lands or privately-owned may contact the Roads Department in Hardin, Mont. at (406) 665-9860.