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Mendocino NF 2023 RX Fire Projects

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825 N. Humboldt Ave. 
Willows, 
California 
95988 
825 N. Humboldt Ave. 
Willows, 
California 
95988 

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Prescribed Fire Updates 04-18-2025

Mendocino NF 2023 RX Fire Projects
Publication Type: News - 04/18/2025 - 09:02

This week Mendocino National Forest firefighters completed 3.5 acres of burning at the Chico Seed Orchard. Also this week, firefighters from the Upper Lake and Covelo Ranger Districts assisted on a prescribed burn led by Bureau of Land Management in the Black Forest near Soda Bay Road in Lake County. 

This collaboration included fire resources from BLM California Fire Information, CAL FIRE Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit and Tribal EcoRestoration Alliance in an effort to reduce hazardous fuels and protect communities nestled in the unique forest ecosystem of Mt. Konocti, including Buckingham, Riviera Heights and Riviera West.

“Everyone is all in, making sure that this burn could be carried out when it’s safe. My profound gratitude for all the partners coming together, identifying that this project needed to happen and that it needed to happen this spring,” said Jessica Pyska, Lake County District 5 Supervisor while on scene at the Black Forest prescribed burn.

Over the next several weeks, MNF firefighters will look for opportunities to continue pile burning in the North Shore Restoration project on Long Valley Ridge, pending favorable weather conditions, burn windows and resource availability. The units are slash piles in areas that will be replanted with trees. Potentially 10 acres are planned for prescribed burning along Long Valley Ridge above Lakeview Campground.

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