Prescribed burn scheduled for Waddle Ranch November 7-9

Placer County – Conditions and weather permitting, CAL FIRE plans to conduct a broadcast fire on November 7th and 8th in the Waddle Ranch area of ​​Placer County near the Truckee Tahoe Airport District^Th and possibly the 9. The planned burn will treat 75 acres. The project's goal is to build a resilient landscape as part of a larger strategic fuel break in collaboration with our United States Forest Service partners and larger stakeholders.

Prescribed fire is an important fuel management tool that land managers use to help protect communities by removing fuels that can fuel unwanted wildfires. This prescribed fire protection project was planned as part of a broader strategic effort to protect the local community and nearby natural resources.

These plans are based on input from the community and local stakeholders and serve as a collaborative project with a number of collaborative partners over the course of the project. This project complements the significant work underway across the state and brings California one step closer to meeting or exceeding the state's fuel reduction goals set forth in the California Fire Plan and the California Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan.

Each operation follows a specific combustion plan that takes into account temperature, humidity, wind, vegetation moisture and smoke distribution conditions. All of this information is used to decide when and where to burn. Smoke from prescribed fire operations is normal and may persist for several days after ignition depending on project size, conditions and weather. Prescribed fire smoke is generally less intense and of much shorter duration than smoke produced by wildfires.

Smoke from this control burn will be visible in the greater Martis Valley and surrounding areas. CAL FIRE is in close consultation with the National Weather Service and the Placer County Air Pollution Control District office to ensure the fire occurs in appropriate weather conditions. The project may be postponed if conditions are not conducive to safe burning.