News Release

 

 

For Immediate Release:  November 19, 2002

Contact:  Tim Jones (707) 986-7567 or Jeff Fontana (707) 252-5332

CA-N-03-15

 

 

BLM ARCATA FIELD OFFICE LIFTS FIRE RESTRICTIONS

King Range Burning Projects Set to Begin

 

The Bureau of Land Management has announced that fire restrictions have been lifted for public lands managed by the Arcata Field Office in Humboldt, Trinity and Mendocino counties.

 

Easing fire restrictions means that backcountry visitors can again build campfires outside developed campgrounds.  Campfire permits are required, and are available at the BLM office in Arcata, or the King Range National Conservation Area office in Whitethorn.

 

"We are reminding everyone that they need to be careful with all fires," said BLM Fire Management Officer Tim Jones.  "Campfires should be kept small and never left unattended.  Campers should be sure the fire is cold to the touch when they break camp."

 

Jones said there were no wildfires on public lands managed by the Arcata Field Office during the 2002 wildfire season, and credited visitors' caution with fire.

 

With the end of fire season and the reduction in fire dangers, Jones said several prescribed burning projects are planned for the coming weeks.

 

In the King Range, crews will burn brush piles on Saddle Mountain and along Smith Etter Road.  The brush was cut during construction of shaded fuel breaks.  Crews also plan a pile-burning project on Hupa Mountain to reduce hazardous fuels and improve forest health, and on the Samoa Peninsula to remove stacks of exotic beach grass and other invasive weeds cut in recent improvement projects.

 

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Honeydew Volunteer Fire Company and the Hoopa Valley Tribe will assist with the projects.

 

For more information, contact the Arcata Field Office (707) 825-2300, or the King Range Project Office, (707) 986-5400.

           

 

-BLM-

 

Arcata Field Office - 1695 Heindon Road - Arcata, California  95521