BLM Crews to Burn Piles of Brush and Small Trees During Next Two Months in Southern Humboldt

[Photo from the BLM]

Press release from the Bureau of Land Management:

Fire management specialists with the Bureau of Land Management will be burning piles of brush and small trees in the coming weeks as part of a project to restore a coastal prairie near the community of Petrolia in southern Humboldt County.

Crews will burn the piles in late February and March, on days when weather and fuel moisture conditions allow for safe and successful burning and smoke dispersion.

“We are focused on being a good neighbor in this burning project,” said BLM Arcata Field Manager Molly Brown. “Safety is our highest priority.

 

BLM partners from the Mattole Restoration Council created the burn piles on Prosper Ridge over the past several years as they removed trees and brush that have been expanding onto the coastal prairie.

“Our goal in this partnership is to reclaim grassland that has been lost to expanding stands of trees and brush,” said Jennifer Wheeler, a botanist with the BLM in Arcata. “Restoring the prairie provides necessary habitat for wildlife and returns areas for livestock grazing. The public will have better access and enjoy improved scenic vistas.”

Prosper Ridge is part of the King Range National Conservation Area. The BLM manages the King Range NCA for a variety of uses including wilderness protection, public recreation and working landscapes.

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dan
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dan
6 years ago

Our local BLM has been at war against nature for decades now, check-out the results of
Wheeler’s work; before and after Pages 10 and 11:
https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/24689/files/2.%20success%20story%20-%20gold%20bluffs%20beach%20dunes%20restoration.pdf

Manila’s coastline has been similarly destroyed at the cost of wildlife and stability.
These characters belong in jail.

red tail hawk
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red tail hawk
6 years ago
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The purpose of this project is to remove plants and trees that are invasive species that are choking out the indigenous plant life. Once the invasive plants are removed, indigenous plants are re-introduced. It takes time. Have patience.

dan
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dan
6 years ago

Red Tail these efforts were introduced as “experiments” with parameters.
The parameters have been violated repeatedly leading to losses of wildlife,
wetlands and stability.
Look again at the results at Gold Bluffs (above) or Manila Dunes, it’s catastrophic
and fraudulent as hell.

Galerina
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Galerina
6 years ago

Why not chip the piles of carbon and make mulch. Inoculate the mulch with mycelium.