Crews will be lighting prescribed fires on Fort Carson training areas and the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site northeast of Trinidad starting this week through April 15.
The intermittent prescribed burns are meant to reduce heavy vegetation that can fuel wildfires, a news release stated.
The Directorates of Emergency Services and Public Works Conservation Branch will only light the fires if weather conditions are favorable. The National Weather Service is not forecasting any red flag warning days, indicating high risk of fires this week.
Smoke from prescribed fire on Fort Carson will most likely be visible along the Interstate 25 corridor from Colorado Springs to Pueblo and the Colorado 115 route from Colorado Springs to Penrose. Any fires at the Piñon Canyon training site may be seen from U.S. 350 in Las Animas County.
Fort Carson officials will work to mitigate health effects from the smoke by "combining favorable weather conditions with a variety of fire management techniques," the news release said.
More information about the health effects of smoke can be found at www.colorado.gov/cdphe/wood-smoke-and-health.
Concerned community members are encouraged to call Fort Carson at (719) 526-9849.
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