the Crook Ranch Vegetation Management Plan (VMP). Smoke may be visible in the daytime hours from Groveland, Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne, and other areas of Tuolumne County.The prescribed burn will benefit the watershed as well as provide protection from wildland fire to the areas of Groveland and Big Oak Flat. The prescribed fire will also enhance grazing for cattle.
If conditions are conducive, a minimum of 350 acres of grass and oak understory will be burned starting on Friday, October 11th at 10:00 a.m. and concluding at 6:00 p.m. Resources utilized to conduct the prescribed burn will consist of one helicopter, eight fire engines, two fire crews, and one dozer.
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