{"id":96594,"date":"2018-12-21T10:57:22","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T17:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/public-private-partnership-promotes-rehab-on-bull-draw-fire\/"},"modified":"2018-12-21T10:57:22","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T17:57:22","slug":"public-private-partnership-promotes-rehab-on-bull-draw-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/public-private-partnership-promotes-rehab-on-bull-draw-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Public-private partnership promotes rehab on Bull Draw Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=e63a6caa-8153-46a3-9a8f-13c241007100&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=e63a6caa-8153-46a3-9a8f-13c241007100&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=800 800w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=e63a6caa-8153-46a3-9a8f-13c241007100&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=e63a6caa-8153-46a3-9a8f-13c241007100&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1800 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 2000px\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"The Bull Draw Fire ignited in July and spread across 36,553 acres near Nucla.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">The Bull Draw Fire ignited in July and spread across 36,553 acres near Nucla.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Bureau of Land Management<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>The Bureau of Land Management Uncompahgre Field Office, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Mule Deer Foundation and a local rancher plan to rehabilitate 6,400 acres of public lands affected by the Bull Draw Fire. The Bull Draw Fire ignited in July and spread across 36,553 acres near Nucla.<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release from BLM education specialist Chris Asbjorn, the project includes distributing 87,000 pounds of mixed grass and forb seed, treating noxious weed sites and repairing damaged range fencing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIdentifying opportunities for organizations and community members to partner is critical to meeting the BLM\u2019s multiple-use mission,\u201d said Uncompahgre Field Office Manager Greg Larson. \u201cThis project is a shining example of shared stewardship, which benefits the environment, our communities and the local economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Parks and Wildlife identified the project area as critical winter range for mule deer and a priority for rehabilitation. The project will help ensure available forage for big game species and livestock, as well as reduce the potential for erosion.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Uncompahgre Field Office Ecologist Ken Holsinger at 970-240-5389.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project includes replanting grass, treating weeds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5736,5735],"tags":[21],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-96594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","tag-cortez"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96594"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=96594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}