News Release     

For Release: Oct. 28, 2002

Contact:  Jeff Fontana (530) 257-5381 or Garth Jeffers (530) 279-6101

CA-N-03-8

                                

BLM SURPRISE FIELD OFFICE PLANS PRESCRIBED FIRE PROJECTS

 

The Bureau of Land Management's Surprise Field Office in Cedarville is planning several prescribed fire projects for this fall, with the first burns tentatively scheduled for the week of October 28.

 

BLM Fire Management Officer Garth Jeffers said projects would be ignited only if weather conditions, including temperature, winds and relative humidity, allow for safe and successful burning.

 

Crews plan a small burning project in the Hays Canyon Range.  The project, totaling about five acres, will help reduce fuels and help create a "mosaic" of vegetation that benefits wildlife.

 

Slash pile burning is planned in the Newlands and Cottonwood Mountain areas, about 15 miles south of Eagleville, near the Lassen-Modoc county border.

 

Jeffers said there are two burns scheduled in the High Rock Canyon Area about 60 miles southeast of Cedarville.  Crews plan to burn about 10 acres in the center of Little High Rock Canyon and 25 acres at the south end of High Rock Canyon.  Both projects will reduce hazardous fuels and improve wildlife habitat by increasing the variety of plants in the canyon bottoms.

 

The projects are planned for time periods in November or early December, when conditions are favorable.

 

Additional information on the upcoming fire projects is available from the BLM Surprise Field Office, (530) 279-6101.

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Surprise Field Office   602 Cressler Street   Cedarville, CA  96104