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Although there will be no additional burning on the Stanislaus National Forest Prescribed (Rx) Burn Projects, work continues to be wrapped up for the season. On the Strawberry Rx Burn Unit, crews continued to hold the units that were burned yesterday (S04 and S09). Heavy fuels within these units will continue to burn down and meet the prescribed fire objectives. The units that were burned within the last week along Crabtree Road continue to hold and be monitored.

In the Dry Meadow Rx Burn Project, all burn units continue to be monitored. Rehabilitation on dozer lines will continue. Backhaul from this project area will begin soon. The South Fork Rx Burn Project continues to be monitored as well.

Prescribed firing operations are anticipated to begin on the Stanislaus National Forest’s Experimental Forest on Monday, June 26. These units are much smaller than the larger project areas, with approximately 15 acres projected to be burned each day.

Tomorrow, a gradual warming and drying trend will settle in the area.

With firing operations over on the large project areas complete, the smoke levels are good in most areas. The area around Pinecrest Academy has unhealthy levels remaining, but these conditions will improve as the smoke dissipates.  

A total of 4,168 acres of prescribed burning has occurred in this area of the forest.