Starting this month (April 2025), local U.S. Department of Agriculture personnel plan to do 15 controlled burns on the Fort Pierre National Grassland. The goal is to reduce overgrown vegetation in order to help protect communities, infrastructure and natural resources from wildfires.
For public safety, the areas where burns occur might be closed for several days. Watch for warning signs along roads near prescribed fire areas before and during burns.
Residents may experience smoke during the prescribed burns. When driving, slow down and turn on your headlights when you encounter smoke on the road.
For information about the prescribed fires, go to the InciWeb website, https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/, or go to the Nebraska National Forests & Grasslands website and social media channels. For information about air quality, go to https://fire.airnow.gov/.
Prescribed fires planned for the area include:
- Stockton (North) Pasture – 228 acres (Jones County)
- Sheriff (East) Pasture – 615 acres (Jones County)
- Far West Pasture – 257 acres (Jones County)
- Glenn Pasture – 198 acres (Jones County)
- Richland (East) Pasture & Richland Wildlife Area – 211 acres (Jones County)
- Sletto (Home) & Sletto (#3) Pastures – 933 acres (Jones County)
- Horsethief (West) Pasture – 509 acres (Jones County)
- Dry Hole (#3) Pasture – 389 acres (Lyman County)
- Chester (Middle) Pasture – 228 acres (Lyman County)
- Kennedy Wildlife Area – 36 acres (Lyman County)
- Sioux (East) Pasture – 348 acres (Lyman County)
- Ditch Creek (West South) Pasture – 581 acres (Lyman County)
- Cut Off (Spring) Pasture – 85 acres (Lyman County)
- Medicine Creek (#3) Pasture – 305 acres (Lyman County)
- American Creek (North East) and Corral Flat (Alfalfa) Pastures – 1,034 acres (Lyman County)
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