Prescribed Burn planned for this week in San Benito County

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• Are they really that stupid????? This is not the time to do a burn.

• last year when they were going to do a burn at the BS Rivermouth I too was aghast and terrified and bless their hearts they postponed a bit, but I confess they did a FINE job managing it in the end. let's all hope that in this as most other things in life "practice makes better" because proactive use of fire IS the future.

• Agreed. They have gotten better about prescribed burns and they are beneficial. Of course, those of us who have lived thru wildfires have a “gut” reaction based on PTSD. I am working on overcoming that.

• No doubt they are better and yes, managing fire with fire is the way to go. But I’m concerned about the timing with peak dryness …

• This podcast is long, but Halsey's remarks are well-worth considering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-We8kDUeet0&t=5s

  As to motives, "follow the money."

• Thanks Wayne. Pretty interesting. Some misinformation about bears (both black bears and grizzlies) but their hearts were in the right place. As to vegetation “management” they were pretty spot on.

• CalFire- read the announcement above..its like CalFire constructs these declarations with the sophistication of a 6th grader.oIts alarming! The statement pointing out smoke produced from control.burns is generally less the that of a wild fire. Now there's a perfect example to tax payers- we've employed numbskulls. They use announcement space to state nothing of substance..only.boring.garbledegoob. While its generally the rule to conduct prescribed ignitions during low wind- low temps, low heat & ideally during wet or at light drizzle periods..CF in all they're wisdom
  makes the choice to set ignition at exactly the least desirable window.