Wednesday, February 19, 2025

2,000-acre prescribed burn begins today near Laytonville’s Shamrock Ranch

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The following is a press release issued by Cal Fire Mendocino:


A previous prescribed burn at Shamrock Ranch [Photo from Cal Fire Mendocino]

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) Mendocino Unit will be conducting a vegetation management prescribed burn on the Shamrock Ranch. This prescribed burn will treat approximately 2,000 acres of chaparral and understory vegetation within oak woodlands and mixed conifer habitats, creating a mosaic of variously burned vegetation and islands of unburned habitat.

The Shamrock Ranch is in the northern portion of Mendocino County, east of Highway 101, and southwest of the town of Laytonville.

Burning will begin on Thursday, January 30, 2025, and continue intermittently as favorable weather conditions present themselves, but will end no later than Friday, February 14, 2025. Burning will start at approximately 8 a.m. and conclude at approximately 3 p.m. daily.

This project adds to significant work underway throughout the state and brings California one step closer to meeting state fuels reduction goals directed by the California Fire Plan and the California Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan. To track the progress being made, both in your community and throughout California, visit the CAL FIRE fuels reduction dashboard at:

https://www.fire.ca.gov/what-we-do/natural-resource-management/fuels-reduction

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This prescribed burn will be conducted under strictly controlled weather and fuel conditions. Smoke and aircraft may be visible in the area.

For more information about how you and your family can prepare for wildfire, visit:

www.readyforwildfire.org

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