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California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Tuolumne – Calaveras Unit
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Tuolumne – Calaveras Unit
WINTON-SCHAADS PRESCRIBED BURN
San Andreas – The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) will be conducting a prescribed burn in the Wilson Lake area east of West Point. The Winton-Schaads Prescribed Burn project will be treated in small blocks, approximately 20-30 acre areas. One to two CAL FIRE engines along with personnel from Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI) will conduct the burns.
This under story burn will treat bear clover, small conifers, brush and grass and will help protect the communities of West Point, Wilseyville, and Lily Valley as well as protect timber resources in the Mokelumne watershed.
A prescribed burn is a managed procedure of fire ignition in an area that has control lines in place, as well as, crews and equipment in strategic locations. A prescribed burning project is the result of extensive pre-planning involving studies of the vegetation types, fuel loading, weather patterns, topography, values at risk, and fire history. An environmental analysis is made for each project, along with mitigation measures to address any foreseeable impacts that may be caused by the fire.
The prescribed burn project will start with a small "test burn", as a final check to ensure that conditions are within "prescription". If conditions are favorable, then the firefighters will begin ignition around the perimeter of the project allowing a low intensity slow burn to consume fuels within the project.
Unit Chief, Brian Kirk, states "If the fuel moisture, temperatures, humidity and winds are favorable, the burn will proceed as scheduled. If not, the project will be rescheduled."
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Lisa Williams
Resource Secretary
CAL FIRE
Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit
785 Mountain Ranch Road
San Andreas, CA 95249
Direct: (209)754-2744
lisa.williams@fire.ca.gov
2 comments:
You're right on about this Sierra Sentinel. They are already throwing our money away.
Is this one of Wilensky's employees chips or something. thanks for calling attention to it. now we know.
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