Prescribed burn to be conducted on Pikes Peak
Colorado Springs Utilities is warning people not to worry if they see smoke on Pikes Peak on Tuesday.
Utilities said in a release Monday that a prescribed burn is planned for the area around the south and north Catamount reservoirs on the mountain in Teller County.
The burn helps mitigate risk of wildfire from the accumulation of fire fuel in the watershed around the reservoirs, according to CSU.
The burn is set to last from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. According to the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control, which is working with CSU on the burn project, crews plan to light about 75 “hand piles” of brush, extinguishing the fires by the end of the day.
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