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BLM plans prescribed fire projects in Shasta, Trinity, Butte counties

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REDDING, Calif. – The Bureau of Land Management Redding Field Office has planned prescribed burning projects for this fall, winter and spring, to improve landscape health, reduce wildfire risk and to remove brush piles remaining from vegetation improvement projects. Burn dates have not been set.

BLM crews will ignite burns only when weather conditions allow for safe and successful burning and smoke dispersion. These burning projects are part of the BLM's commitment to keeping the public lands healthy and productive. The BLM plans the following projects:

  • Hoadley Peak: The BLM plans up to 700 acres of understory burning along the Shasta-Trinity county border north of Buckhorn Summit on Highway 299.
  • Ewing Reservoir (Trinity County): A 100-acre broadcast burn near Ewing Reservoir, west of Hayfork, will improve wildlife conditions and reduce wildfire risk by removing brush, small trees and other plants.
  • Weaverville Community Forest (Trinity County): The BLM plans a 60-acre broadcast burn in the forest south of Weaverville. Pile burns are also planned.
  • French Gulch (Shasta County): A 200-acre broadcast burn is planned for public lands seven miles north of the community.
  • Forest Ranch (Butte County): BLM crews plan a 160-acre understory burn and pile burning in an area near Garland Road.
  • Magalia (Butte County): The BLM plans a 75-acre pile-burning project at the Upper Ridge Nature Preserve.
  • Pile burning: Crews will burn debris piles near Union Pond in Trinity County and near the Swasey Recreation Area in west Redding.

More information on these projects is available by phoning the Redding Field Office, 530-224-2100.

The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of the American people. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Our mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.

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