Prescribed Burn at
Hippy Hole/Sandy Cove
Yuma, Ariz. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans to burn brush piles in the Sandy Cove area (also
known as Hippy Hole) located along the east side of the Colorado River in La
Paz County, Arizona. The site is located
immediately east of the Colorado River, two miles west of the community of
Cibola, Arizona. Burning may
begin as early as Friday, January 25, 2013, and will continue until all of the
piles have been burned. The start date and time for the burning operation depends
on weather and may be delayed until appropriate conditions occur. The prescribed burning of the piles will be
conducted over a 1-4 day period.
There are a total of 9 piles of
brush that will be burned in a 14-acre area south of Sandy Cove.
The piles are expected to burn down quickly. Smoke should disperse out of the area in a
short period of time. Residents should
expect some light smoke in the area during the burn operation.
For public safety reasons, La Paz
County mechanically cleared vegetation in the Sandy Cove area and placed the
vegetation in brush piles last spring.
The brush piles include tamarisk, arrowweed, cottonwood, and
bulrush/cattail.
This prescribed burn is a joint venture with BLM, La Paz
County, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The BLM manages more than 245
million acres of public land – the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of
Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of
sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, recreational and other activities on BLM-managed land
contributed more than $130 billion to the U.S. economy and supported more than
600,000 American jobs. The
Bureau is also one of a handful of agencies that collects more revenue than it
spends. In FY 2012, nearly $5.7 billion
was generated on lands managed by the BLM, which operates on a $1.1 billion
budget. The BLM's multiple-use mission
is to sustain the health and productivity of the public lands for the use and
enjoyment of present and future generations.
The Bureau accomplishes this by managing such activities as outdoor
recreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and energy production, and
by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources on public
lands.
