See Smoke? Could It Be This Prescribed Burn Near Laytonville?
Today, Wednesday, June 28, 2017, at 10:00 am, CAL FIRE Mendocino Unit will be conducting a vegetation management control burn on privately-owned land near the Shamrock Ranch in the northern portion of Mendocino County.
The prescribed burning conducted under this Vegetation Management Program (VMP) project will be done to meet a specific objective and conducted under specific climatic conditions to ensure control and minimize air quality and biological impacts. These conditions will mimic conditions under which natural wildfires occur to maximize the positive effects of fire on vegetation.
The primary goal of this prescribed burn is to reintroduce fire as a natural element of the ecosystem. A second goal is to improve wildlife habitat by inducing new shoots from sprouting species to increase forage production, with islands of unburned fuel left within burn units to provide shelter for small mammals. A third goal is to reduce overall fuel loading to decrease the chance of catastrophic wildfires in the future.
This project burn will be conducted under strictly controlled weather and fuel conditions. Smoke will be visible in the area.
For information on how to create Defensible Space, as well as tips to prevent wildfires, visit www.ReadyForWildfire.org.
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Doing a controlled burn in late June is not for the faint of heart… may weather conditions co-operate and the burn achieve its objectives.
This is a great thing they should do often especially in nf and Blm, it really helps reduce fuel when we have bad fires.
how about the smoke coming from Samoa right now near the Samoa Bridge?
That’s meth smoke