Toxic algae downstream from where hiker family died prompts closure of Merced River area
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Bureau of Land Management to oversee Pine Hill Preserve controlled pile burn
EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Mother Lode Field Office will oversee a controlled prescribed burn of roughly 200 piles to begin as soon as next week on approximately 20 acres in the Cameron Park Unit of the Pine Hill Preserve in El Dorado County. Burn operations may continue periodically through the spring depending on weather, air quality and resource availability. Smoke may be visible in Cameron Park, El Dorado Hills, Shingle Springs and along U.S. Highway 50.
“Prescribed fire is an important tool that can be used to reduce the risk of large and severe wildland fires, increase public and firefighter safety, as well as renew the natural ecosystem of the rare plants and wildlife habitat at the Preserve,” says BLM Mother Lode Field Manager Elizabeth Meyer-Shields. “The BLM appreciates the public’s caution when recreating near the prescribed fire, as we undertake this i