Provincial foresters and the Alberta Wild Sheep Foundation have postponed a prescribed burn that was planned for the Ram Mountain area, southwest of Rocky Mountain House.
Barry Shellion, public information officer and wildfire ranger for the Clearwater forestry area, said on Wednesday that a burn planned to start today has been put off until further notice.
Conditions are excellent for the burn, which was planned to last for a week and to cover about 465 acres of forest.
However, wildfires burning elsewhere in the province have diverted the people and equipment needed to manage the burn, Shellion said.
While there are no new fires in the Clearwater, a number have broken out in northern areas, including the Peace River and Fort McMurray regions, he said.
The Ram Mountain prescribed burn was set up to enhance bighorn sheep habitat, encourage diversity in the landscape and increase knowledge about fire and its benefits to the ecosystem.