![two piles of slash burn on a snowy landscape next to an unburned pile.](https://csfs.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/NW_DNR_Feb2024_Schiltz_CSFS_440.jpg)
Reducing Wildland Fuels Through Pile Burning
When foresters complete forest management and fuels reduction treatments, they sometimes pile up the leftover, non-merchantable material. Trained Colorado State Forest Service personnel then burn these piles as an economical and effective method of disposing of excess wildland fire fuels.