U. S. Forest Service Prescribed Burn on Bear and Little Bear Mountains – Early April, 2014
The prescribed burn took place on Monday, March 31, on very short notice. We did get a note out via Facebook, but we didn’t get notified in time to get a website update out ahead of the event. The USFS was very careful with respect to placing notices at the trailheads, and they covered the length of the Trail to make sure nobody was on Little Bear or Bear Mountains at the time of the burn.
The United States Forest Service (USFS) is planning a prescribed burn on both Bear Mountain and Little Bear Mountain in early April, 2014. The burn will cover some 5500+ acres from Crystal Springs to Brady Mountain. The Forest Service will post signs warning potential hikers of the event, and it is most important that you do not enter this area prior to the prescribed burn event.
The prescribed burn will take place on a weekday in order to minimize any inconvenience to hikers and boaters on Lake Ouachita.
The map below, provided by the USFS, details the proposed burn area. Note that the legend at the top center of the map does not refer to the map’s grid numbers. The burn areas are those outlined in red. Click on the map image below for a full-sized version (about 2 MB).
This article will be updated as more information is known, and we will update the LOViT Facebook page with this information too.