A prescribed burn of about 15 acres of forest understudy is planned this weekend near Laytonville, officials announced.
In a press release, organizers of the planned burn explained that “Torchbearr, in collaboration with The Eel River Recovery Project, local landowners, and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, is planning a prescribed burn on lower Tenmile Creek on April 26 and 27.”
The burn is described as treating “approximately 15-acres of forest understory fuels for wildfire safety and forest health,” with the planned burn area located near Highway 101 in northern Mendocino County, approximately seven miles north of Laytonville.
Officials noted that “during the burn, smoke may be visible in the area, (and that the operation) will be led by qualified Burn Boss Scot Steinbring of Torchbearr and staffed by fire professionals, with permission from Cal Fire, pending an approved burn plan, burn permit, smoke permit.”
The release notes that the Eel River Recovery Project is “interested in recruiting volunteers to participate in controlled burns to assist with meeting their current ambitious prescribed fire goals, and to help the community build a stewardship corps that can assist with cooperative controlled burns as a way of maintaining forest and grassland health into the future. Anyone with interest should contact Alicia Bales at 916-595-8724. For questions about the project, ERRP Managing Director Pat Higgins may also be contacted at 707-223-7200.”
The release also explains that “funding for the Tenmile Creek Watershed Forest Health Project was provided by Cal Fire Forest Health Program as part of California Climate Investments, a state-wide program that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment. The cap-and-trade program also creates financial incentives for industries to invest in clean technologies and develop innovative ways to reduce pollution. CCI investment projects include affordable housing, renewable energy, public transportation, zero-emission vehicles, environmental restoration, more sustainable agriculture, recycling, and much more. At least 35% of these investments are located within and benefitting residents of disadvantaged communities, and low income households across California.”
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