News Release

 

For Immediate Release: October 30, 2002

Contact: Jeff Fontana (530) 252-5332

CA-N-03-11

 

BLM PLANS PRESCRIBED BURN IN

NORHTWEST LASSEN COUNTY

 

Fire crews from the U. S. Bureau of Land Management will conduct a prescribed burn in northwest Lassen County in early November.  The burn site is about 18 miles south of Adin.

 

Jerry Wheeler, fire management officer for the BLM's Alturas Field Office, said the 1,545-acre project is designed to improve wildlife habitat by improving the variety of plants.  Brush will be burned to leave a mosaic pattern of plant species. 

 

Crews will ignite the project on days during the first two weeks in November when conditions including temperature, winds, relative humidity and others allow for safe and successful burning.

 

"We need to get a little rain before we do the project," Wheeler said.  "Conditions are just too dry right now."

 

The project area will be marked with signs.  Wheeler said people must stay out of the project area during the burn.

 

For more information, contact the BLM's Alturas Field Office, (530) 233-4666.

 

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Alturas Field Office - 708 West 12^th St. - Alturas, CA 96101