Stanislaus National Forest
Credit: Forest Service
October 16, 2019 - SONORA, Calif. — The Stanislaus National Forest provides the following information about a planned prescribed burn on the forest.
General and Specific Location: Jawbone Understory Burn, Groveland Ranger District.
This specific project is located entirely within Groveland Ranger District Boundary, Tuolumne County in the following legal locations: Township 1 North, Range 17 East, sections 24, 25 & 36; Township 1 North, Range 18 East, sections 19, 29, 30, 31 & 32; Township 1 South, Range 17 East, section 1; Township 1 South, Range 18 East, sections 5 & 6. View vicinity map. View unit map. This project is a planned prescribed fire. Please do not report as a wildfire.
Projected Duration: Ignition of the prescribed burn is expected to begin in late October 2019, and is contingent on weather, fuel moisture, and air quality. Ignitions could continue up to five days, or as long as conditions allow. All burning is monitored and conducted in accordance with state and county air quality guidelines and closely coordinated with local county air quality control districts.
Planned Size of Prescribed Burn: Total of up to 873 acres to be treated with low-intensity fire, with planned ignition on approximately 100-150 acres daily. Size of burn may vary with weather and fuel moisture conditions, as well as permissible air quality burn days.
Type of Prescribed Burn: Broadcast underburn
Burn Project Objectives: Improve forest health and vigor of conifer forests, including plantations. Reduce fire hazard from timber sale created activity fuels and naturally occurring accumulations. Use prescribed fire to mimic natural processes and maintain ecosystems. Increase vegetative mosaic. Continue eradication of Taeniatherum caput-medusae (Medusahead). Conduct fire management actions in a cost effective and efficient manner.
Public Benefits: Prescribed burning is an effective, cost efficient method of reducing flammable forest fuels, improving firefighting capabilities, and reducing the impacts of large uncontrolled damaging wildland fires. Smoke may be visible from highways 4, 108 or 120 and surrounding communities. Fire managers are working closely with local air districts and the California Air Resources Board to mitigate the effects of smoke on the public.
Source: Stanislaus National Forest
