Ranchers south of Hettinger and Lemmon, S.D., are wondering what they’re supposed to do for grazing lands after what was intended to be a prescribed burn in the Grand River National Grasslands got out of control.
The fire scorched more than 14,000 acres of federal and private land over 22 square miles Wednesday and Thursday in Perkins County in northwest South Dakota.
The U.S. Forest Service said it was intending to burn 130 acres of dead crested wheatgrass when the fire broke containment areas and spread throughout the national grasslands and privately owned lands because of dry and windy conditions.
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Dustin Monke 