News Release

 

 

For Immediate Release:  Nov. 19, 2002

Contact:  James Dawson or Rich Burns (707) 468-4000

CA-N-03-14

 

 

BLM PLANS PRESCRIBED FIRE ON SOUTH COW MOUNTAIN

 

The U. S. Bureau of Land Management plans to ignite a prescribed fire on South Cow Mountain, west of Lakeport, this week.  The South Cow Mountain Off Highway Vehicle Recreation Area will be closed during the project, planned to get underway Tuesday, Nov. 19.

 

Jim Dawson, fire management officer for BLM's Ukiah Field Office, said the 3,000-acre project is designed to reduce fuels that could contribute to a wildfire, and to improve wildlife habitat.  He said fire crews will burn brush in a "mosaic" pattern that will reduce the buildup of fuels and encourage growth of plants favored by wildlife.

 

BLM will be working with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to complete the project over about three days.  The fire will be ignited only when weather conditions including winds, temperature, relative humidity and others will allow for safe and successful burning.

                       

-BLM-

 

Ukiah Field Office -  2550 North State Street - Ukiah, California  95842