Fire managers are burning piles in the Trinity #PrescribedFire project, located east of Trinity Lake. Today’s (3/11/2021) goal is 3 acres.

Fire managers are burning Carr Delta Suppression Repair piles in the Trinity Unit, located 1 mile north of Trinity Mountain, east of Trinity Lake. Today’s (3/10/21)  goal is 6 acres.

Firefighters are burning 15 acres of piles near Lakeshore and 11 acres of piles near Monday Flat near the Squaw Creek Arm in the eastern portion of Shasta Lake today Tuesday March 9, 2021.

Fire managers are planning on burning up to 35 acres of piles over the next several days near the area of Sugarloaf in Lakehead. Smoke will be visible from I-5.

REDDING, Calif. — The South Fork Management Unit of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest is continuing its prescribed burning program during the month of March. Areas planned for vegetation treatment projects include:

• Trinity Post Fire Hazard Reduction Pile Rx – 25 acres of roadside hand piles on the 4N24 Road off of the 60 Road (5N60 Corral Bottom Road) approximately 2 miles north of Hyampom Valley.  Direction of smoke travel for these piles will be mainly north.

• If conditions are favorable, crews will continue on to other Trinity Post-fire Roadside Hazard Reduction pile units to the south of Hayfork.

“Crews burned approximately 175 acres of hand piles in December and January before conditions became too wet and snowy to continue,” stated Fire Management Specialist Dan Ostmann. “Recent drying has improved conditions for access and efficient burning ahead of forecasted precipitation later in the week. The onset of northern spotted owl breeding season limits the number of places where we can burn, but we do still have opportunities to treat fuels near the communities of Hayfork and Hyampom.”

Prescribed fire is an important tool for the Forest’s mission to reduce build-up of hazardous fuels, restore forest ecosystems and improve safety of communities within the wildland urban interface. These projects are conducted in accordance with an approved burn plan to ensure the safety of people and property in the area. Burn plans describe the specific conditions under which burns will be conducted including the weather, number of personnel and opportunities to minimize smoke impacts.

Pre-ignition public notifications will be provided to local media outlets and will also be posted on InciWeb https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7268, Facebook www.facebook.com/ShastaTrinityNF, and Twitter www.twitter.com/ShastaTrinityNF. Residents and visitors are asked to avoid areas where prescribed burns are being conducted. Some smoke may be visible. People should not be alarmed; the fires will be carefully monitored. Local fire and government authorities will be notified prior to burn days and kept informed throughout burning operations.

February 11, 2021 - fire managers are pile burning 11 acres near Campbell Creek on the northeast side of Shasta Lake, and 6 acres in the 5 Corners Project area located on the Trinity Divide east of Trinity Lake and west of Interstate-5.

February 10, 2021 - Fire crews are burning 4 acres of piles in the 5 Corners Unit of the Carr Delta Suppression Repair piles project near Trinity County Road 106 on the Trinity Divide east of Trinity Center and west of Interstate-5

Fire managers are burning 4 acres of #PrescribedFire burn piles today in the Browns Project, located southwest of Browns Mountain, east of Trinity Lake

Shasta-Trinity NF is intending to burn up to 20-30 acres per week of hand piles on the NorthWoods Uno Project located within Shasta County, CA.  Current project is located on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest and is in PFIRS.  Total Project Size is 55 acres.

• Project Name: Northwoods Uno
• Legal Location: T 34 N  R 4 W Sec 29
• Lat/Long: 40’40.772 N  122’34.005 W
• Descriptive Location: Units are located near the Packers Bay Boat Launch on Shasta Lake
• Type of burn: Low Complexity Hand Piles
• Total Acreage: 55
• Planned Ignition: Feb 1, 2021 -TBD.
• Duration of Ignition and Smoke Production:  Smoke will be produced beginning around 1000 each burn day through 1500.  Smoldering will occur into the overnight hours.  Ignitions will occur each week on approved Burn Days by the Shasta County Air Quality Management District.
• Estimated Direction of Smoke Travel:  Smoke will likely travel to the N towards the McCloud and Sacramento arms of Shasta Lake during the day and settle towards the lakebed in the overnight hours.
• Communities or Smoke Sensitive Areas: Shasta Lake, Lakehead, Obrien Community, I-5 Corridor, and Shasta Lake Marinas.