Lockwood, CA – Conditions and weather permitting, CAL FIRE plans to assist Fort Hunter Liggett conduct a multiple day broadcast burn in Lockwood Area of Monterey County May 19th to the 27th.
This prescribed fire project was planned as part of broader strategic efforts to protect the local community and nearby natural resources. These plans are informed by community and local stakeholder input and serve as a collaborative effort with a range of cooperators throughout the course of the project. This project adds to significant work underway throughout the state and brings California one step closer towards meeting or exceeding state fuels reduction goals directed by the California Fire Plan and the California Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan.
Each operation follows a specialized burn plan, which considers temperature, humidity, wind, moisture of the vegetation, and conditions for dispersal of smoke. All this information is used to decide when and where to burn.
Smoke from prescribed fire operations is normal and may continue for several days after an ignition depending on the project size, conditions, and weather. Prescribed fire smoke is generally less intense and of much shorter duration than smoke produced by wildland fires.
Smoke from this control burn will be visible in the Lockwood Area. Weather conditions will be monitored, and burn may be postponed if burning conditions are found to be unfavorable.
To track the progress being made, both in your community and throughout California, please visit the CAL FIRE fuels reduction dashboard at https://www.fire.ca.gov/what-we-do/natural-resource-management/fuels-reduction and help share important preventing and preparedness information with your neighbors at readyforwildfire.org
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Does more harm than good. It's just money-milking busywork. Spend the money on structure-protection. Boo-Moo.
Thanks for the info, Kate. Much appreciated.
Why in the world would you do a prescribed burn on a Memorial Day holiday weekend? What is the logic? You are upwind from two major recreational lakes (Nacimiento and San Antonio) that will likely be very busy. Predicted temperature in Lockwood this week are 84, 90, 79 degrees. Isn't this fire season starting May 1? I am not a fire expert but common sense tells me this is not a good time for a control burn. I watched my hometown (Lewiston, California) nearly burn down one year when a control burn was done over the July 4 weekend.
Well, I am not doing a prescribed burn, FHL is…they do this almost every year and I, like you, wonder why wait so long? It has gotten away from them int he past.
Sorry Kate. I used the word "you" when I should have written "Why in the world would anyone do a prescribed burn on a Memorial Day holiday weekend?" It seems to me that April or even May 1-15 would be reasonable times for control burns but not on a holiday weekend. I hope someone in Fort Hunter Liggett and CALFIRE management reconsiders this.
By the way …. Happy Birthday Kate!
Thank you, Bruce
Hi Kate...hope you are feeling better .
The backburn planning is typical..Absolutely leaving one bewildered. Does Big Sur Fire crew feel comfortable with this. I've always been taught cb's take place on no wind, lower ambient temp and ideally while brush is leaning toward being damp or at least not overly dry. I would appreciate a comment here from Big Sur's fire chief.
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