This is fantastic park with a little bit of everything: ocean/beach, flat walking a long the ocean, historical, horse riding, 34 miles of trails in the backcountry with steepness, two redwood creeks.
Posted on 10/27/2021 3:19:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
California State Parks will be doing more than a week of prescribed burns at Wilder Ranch State Park in Santa Cruz.
The burns will take place between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. starting Wednesday, Oct. 27, and will run through Friday, Nov. 5. Proactive monitoring and patrol will continue throughout the burns.
The burns are not only to reduce wildfire risk, but to enhance the health of the grassland by removing dead brush, leaves, and roots, which will, in turn, restore essential nutrients to the soil.
People throughout Monterey Bay can expect to see smoke lingering until the burns are complete.
The burns come days after an atmospheric river storm brought significant rainfall to the region.
This is the first prescribed burn in Santa Cruz County since a burn at Estrada Ranch near Corralitos jumped containment lines on Oct. 16 and became the Estrada Fire. That burn was led by Cal Fire San Mateo Santa Cruz Unit.
This is fantastic park with a little bit of everything: ocean/beach, flat walking a long the ocean, historical, horse riding, 34 miles of trails in the backcountry with steepness, two redwood creeks.
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Looks like government sponsored Gorebal Warning.
These “prescribed” burns have a tendency to get out of control and become just another wildfire.
Thanks. Let’s hope this keeps the big fires down.
how long did it take for these idiots to learn what has been known for millennia?
The local Ohlone tribe did their own type of controlled burns. It also helped them monitor grizzly bears better.
Fires are even part of the reproductive cycle of nearby redwoods. Prescribed burns help limit the fire fuel, so that fires don't get too hot, which is bad for redwoods.
Perhaps California is finally signing on to forest management. Better late than never.
Oh yeah.....NOW. SMH
Looks like it took 50 years for the message about forest management to get through, California Division of Forestry was always advocating proper forest management.
I might have stayed for a career if I didn't have my scholarship at Gonzaga, I enjoyed it that much. Then again, I wouldn't have spent four years in Germany, either.
There are more expensive ways to reduce forest fuel [focused on ground fuel].
In my nearby NF they have both proscribed burns and then thinning operations of young trees & significant tree harvesting of mature trees.
The thinning ops of non-timber trees looks to be expensive.
In addition there is the possibility of mowing, which I should be doing on my lot but haven’t in areas away from the house.
“These “prescribed” burns have a tendency to get out of control and become just another wildfire.”
We been doing it here in Fla for decades....no such problem
A burn? I’ll give it a try.
You call this a ranch? I’ve seen bigger doggies in a Fauci funded sand flea experiment.
Instead, let the government forge ahead with FUBAR regulations. Trump tries to fix this and even Newsom agreed in a televised meeting, sitting right across from Trump, that he would pursue these policies. Liar.
what a concept...
This would be a good time for one; they just had a ton of rain up there. Very low risk. Thanks.
Depends on the topography and the vegetative type and also whether or not it has been done on a regular basis.
The Indians did it best in the Eastern US forest lands.
They kept the lower vegetation under control and allowed for the wildlife to flourish and created a great hunting habitat as a result.
lol
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