Prescribed Burn

On Sunday March 29th the smoke column to the South West, visible from Piercy is a prescribed burn in the InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness.

The prescribed burn is designed to reduce the encroachment of conifers into prairies, reducing fuels loads in the forests and decreasing the likelihood of catastrophic wildfire. These prescribed burns are part of an on-going resource management program designed to maintain prairie grasslands, enhance forage for wildlife, control exotic plant species, return fire as a natural process to the parks, and maintain our old growth forests for generations to come. California State Parks is collaborating with local tribes to reintroduce fire as a land management tool, while also supporting revitalization of traditional cultural practices on their ancestral lands.