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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel> <atom:link href="http://inciweb.org/feeds/rss/articles/i/1427/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><title>InciWeb Incident Articles for Grand Complex</title><link>http://inciweb.org/forest/1427/</link><description>Latest articles for Grand Complex Wildland Fire Used for Resource Benefit</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:56:19 -06:00</pubDate><language>en-us</language><item><title><![CDATA["City Realizing Benefit From The Grand Mesa Fire (Grand Complex Wildland Fire Used for Resource Benefit)"]]></title><link>http://inciweb.org/incident/news/article/1427/7377/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://inciweb.org/incident/news/article/1427/7377/</guid><description><![CDATA["By MIKE WIGGINSThe Daily SentinelThe bill to the federal government for monitoring two fires that have smoldered most of this month on Grand Mesa has topped $600,000 thus far.But in the long run, one of the lightning-sparked blazes, which officials have allowed to burn on the west flank of the mesa, could save the U.S. Forest Service and the city of Grand Junction more than what has been spent to keep them under control.The agencies signed an agreement last year to spend roughly $3 million over the next 10 years to thin out oak brush and pinyon juniper in the city&#39;s 60,000-acre Kannah Creek watershed. That&#39;s where the Coal Creek Fire has torched about 1,500 acres since it started nearly three weeks ago.Terry Franklin, deputy director of the city&#39;s utilities and streets systems, said city officials had planned to take out some vegetation by hand and by setting controlled burns in the watershed. The city had budgeted about $500,000 in its water fund to chip in toward the..."]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:09:00 -06:00</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA["7/18 Reduced Closure Area Near Coal Creek Fire (Grand Complex Wildland Fire Used for Resource Benefit)"]]></title><link>http://inciweb.org/incident/closures/article/1427/7325/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://inciweb.org/incident/closures/article/1427/7325/</guid><description><![CDATA["For map, click on link above labeled &#39;.pdf&#39;.   GMUG-2008-09Special OrderEMERGENCY CLOSURE ORDER USDA - FOREST SERVICEGRAND MESA NATIONAL FOREST Pursuant to 16 U.S.C. § 551 and 36 C.F.R., Section 261.50(a) the following acts are prohibited within the Kannah Creek Area, Grand Valley Ranger District, Grand Mesa National Forest, Mesa County, State of Colorado, hereinafter referred to as the Restricted Area. Specifically, the restricted areas are the lands in the Northern part of the Kannah Creek basin bordered on the Northwest by FDR 100, the Lands End Road, from the lower forest boundary proceeding northwest to the top of the Grand Mesa. The Northern boundary of the closure area runs along FDR 100 proceeding east to FDR 108, Carson Lake Road. The East side of the closure is FDR 108 from its intersection with FDR 100, south to Kannah Creek trail, FDR # 706. The Southern closure boundary is Kannah Creek west to the Forest Boundary. The South West closure boundary is the Forest..."]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:52:00 -06:00</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA["Firefighting: Less Action Requires More Thought (Grand Complex Wildland Fire Used for Resource Benefit)"]]></title><link>http://inciweb.org/incident/news/article/1427/7297/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://inciweb.org/incident/news/article/1427/7297/</guid><description><![CDATA["It makes sense to allow a few fires to spread.Fire is as integral to Colorado&#39;s ecosystem as rain. Depriving forests of fire has long-term consequences that can include catastrophic fire, loss of biodiversity, and degraded wildlife habitat.Fires are selected according to a strict set of policy and decision-making guidelines. They have to be started by lightning, not people.They have to be in an area that land managers have reviewed months or years ahead and decided is appropriate.Specific criteria are evaluated for each fire: short- and long-term weather patterns, homes and structures within several miles in every direction, the kind of vegetation burning and direction of potential spread, and more.The fire Incident Commander and the unit&#39;s Fire Management Officer advise the responsible manager, who decides whether to manage a fire for resource benefit.When there is a lot of wildfire activity in the central Rockies or nationwide, managers at those levels also must concur.Most..."]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:00:00 -06:00</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA["Coal Creek Fire Could Burn for Weeks (Grand Complex Wildland Fire Used for Resource Benefit)"]]></title><link>http://inciweb.org/incident/news/article/1427/7285/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://inciweb.org/incident/news/article/1427/7285/</guid><description><![CDATA["By: Josh McDanielGrand Junction Free PressGRAND MESA, Colo. - The Grand Mesa National Forest has never had a fire like the Coal Creek Fire, a 1,485-acre blaze creeping up the slopes of the Grand Mesa near Kannah Creek - and it might be burning for a while. It&#39;s the first large fire in the forest to be managed as a &quot;fire use fire.&quot; The term refers to fires that are being managed for resource benefit, which means the fire is actually doing some good. Approaches to managing wildfire in the West are changing rapidly, and the Coal Creek Fire is an example of how fire managers are shifting their views of fire as well as their strategies and tactics. On the Coal Creek fire, fire managers are allowing the fire to burn through the dense fuels that have accumulated in the Kannah Creek drainage. The pinyon-juniper and oak forests above Kannah Creek have become increasingly thick and plans were already in place to conduct prescribed burns and thinning operations in the area over the..."]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:00:00 -06:00</pubDate></item></channel></rss>