Started: two years ago, 4 p.m. Dec. 31

Initial location: Mendocino National Forest, Glenn County, Calif.

Fire unit: Mendocino National Forest

Fire type: Prescribed

Fire name: Mendocino Nf 2023 Fire Projects

A new prescribed burn, called Mendocino Nf 2023 Fire Projects, was initiated 4 p.m. Dec. 31 in Glenn County.

Currently, there are no details as to how much land has been burned or the size of the crew conducting the prescribed fire.

Read more on the prescribed fire below and follow later updates for further information.

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Project overview:

“Planned Projects | Updates | Maps | PhotosPrescribed fire, including vegetation cutting, removal and burning of piles and low-intensity understory burning, is an important tool for the Forest Service’s mission to reduce unnatural vegetation loading and restore natural fire regimes, which in the long-term help communities live more safely with fire. Fire managers follow a risk-management approach when conducting these projects and mitigate impacts to local communities, residences and infrastructure. Fire managers will conduct prescribed fire activities during the safest possible “burn windows” in the coming months. Numerous factors including wind, humidity, air quality, fuel moisture and availability of fire crew personnel must be met before crews are authorized to move forward with burning. Residents and visitors are asked to avoid areas where prescribed fires are being conducted. Some smoke may be visible. People should not be alarmed as the fires are carefully monitored. Local fire and government authorities are notified prior to burn days and kept informed throughout prescribed fire operations. Additional updates on prescribed burning will be shared on on this page and the forest’s social media on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MendocinoNF and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MendocinoNF.”

Please note that this project overview is an automatically published and unreviewed quote from InciWeb. Therefore it might be incomplete, hard to read or include misspelled words.

Prescribed fire (prescribed burn) is a wildfire prevention method that involves burning an area of land in a controlled manner to minimize the risk of catastrophic wildfires.

Source: InciWeb