RIFLE, COLO. - The Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Unit plans several prescribed burns this spring in Garfield, Mesa and Pitkin counties to reduce hazardous fuels and improve wildlife habitat.

The burns will be conducted when weather, moisture, and fuel conditions allow between late March and the end of May. The burns are primarily in oak brush and pinon-juniper forests.

The 750-acre Coulter Mesa prescribed fire is planned on White River National Forest and Bureau of Land Management lands in Garfield County, 13 miles northeast of Rifle. For more information, call Ody Anderson, 947-2810.