Slash pile burning on Canfield Mountain and English Point

The Coeur d’Alene River Ranger District of the Idaho Panhandle National Forests is burning slash piles from the Kootenai Fuel Reduction Project on Canfield Mountain and English Point. The slash is a result of thinning and habitat restoration on more than 400 acres.

It includes slash from pruning, thinning, and brushing work completed earlier this year. Hazardous fuels were reduced in the Wildland-Urban Interface on Forest Service lands adjacent to private property and the emergency services communication infrastructure on Canfield Butte. The Kootenai Fuel Reduction project is a multi-year project that will treat approximately 3,000 acres in Kootenai County.

Fuel reduction work helps limit the spread of uncontrolled wildfires that can threaten land and buildings on both public and private land. For more information on this project, please contact the Coeur d’Alene River Ranger Station at 208-664-2318.