USFS continues prescribed burns throughout Shoshone County

SMELTERVILLE – If residents in the area of Rose Lake, Medimont, Osburn/Wallace, Murray or Calder see some smoke coming from the woods- there is most likely no reason to be alarmed. The United State Forest Service recently announced that crews will be preforming several controlled wildland burning operations in the Coeur d’Alene and St. Joe River Ranger Districts to reduce potential wildfire impacts, prepare areas for tree planting and improve wildlife forage.