[env-trinity] Spring burn to begin

[Josh Allen]

Spring burn to begin 

 

http://www.eurekareporter.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?ArticleID=11407 

 

5/22/2006   

 

As part of the ongoing Salyer/Hawkins Bar Community Protection Project,
80 acres of National Forest System lands in the Ziegler Point Road area
above Trinity Village and Salyer Heights will undergo an "understory
burn" that will be completed by early June.

Consisting of woody debris, brush and small saplings, the burn is meant
to reduce the threat of wildfire and maintain the canopy of larger
trees, a Forest Service news release stated.

According to the release, the burn will be conducted under precise
environmental conditions to ensure that objectives are met and the area
will be surrounded by control lines to prevent the fire from escaping.
Wild land firefighters will patrol the area before, during and after the
burn and all residual fires will be extinguished.

Visible smoke will be seen during the ignition phase and for a short
time thereafter, but should not impact local residents.

The project was identified through a collaborative process involving the
Trinity County Fire Safe Council, Trinity County Resource Conservation
District, Salyer Volunteer Department, Hawkins Bar Volunteer Department
and the Forest Service.

It will be conducted in compliance with all North Coast Unified Air
Quality Management regulations.

For more information, phone Paul Johnson, Lower Trinity Ranger District
fuels specialist, at (530) 629-2118. 

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