Sonora, Calif., November 14, 2014…Fire crews plan to begin ignitions on the Crandall Prescribed Fire on the Mi-Wok Ranger District, Stanislaus National Forest, weather and air quality conditions permitting.
Unit 2901 (I-Bar) involves 120 acres located at: Township 3N, Range 16E, Sections 29 and 30 off Italian Bar Road (Forest Road 2N63).
Beginning in November and continuing through the winter and spring, this unit will be treated by igniting one to 50 acre blocks. Ignitions will occur under a variety of moisture conditions in order to examine the effects of prescribed fire during prolonged drought conditions.
The area will be treated using low-intensity prescribed fire. Size of burn may vary with weather and fuel moisture conditions, as well as permissible air quality burn days. Smoke may be visible from Hwy. 108 and in the surrounding communities. This project is a planned prescribed fire; please do not report this as a wildland fire.
Prescribed burning is an effective, cost efficient method of reducing flammable forest fuels, improving firefighting capabilities, and reducing the impacts of uncharacteristic wildfire. The Sierra Nevada is a fire dependent ecosystem, where fire is part of the natural forest process. The objective of the burn program is to protect our local communities from wildfire by reducing hazardous fuel conditions.
Prescribed fires are also used for restoring, enhancing and sustaining a healthy forest ecosystem through reintroducing fire as a component of ecosystem dynamics. By burning during cooler and wetter times of the year, these burns are less intense, easier to control and produce significantly less smoke than a wildfire during the summer months. The U.S. Forest Service complies with all local, state and federal air quality regulations during burn events.
Specific project location information is available online at: http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/stanislaus/home/?cid=stelprdb5440683). For more information or concerns about this prescribed burn, please call the: Mi-Wok Ranger District at 209-586-3234 or the Stanislaus Supervisor’s Office at: 209-532-3671.
U.S. Forest Service Plans Prescribed Burn on Stanislaus National Forest Beginning in November 2014
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