The U.S. Forest Service has scheduled a series of prescribed pile burns at Figueroa Mountain and other sites in the Los Padres National Forest for this winter and into the spring.
Wildfire season is officially over for the city of Santa Rosa. The city's fire department announced yesterday that wildfire season is done after Santa Rosa
Prescribed burns planned Tuesday in SLO, Montaña de Oro State Park
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San Luis Obispo City Fire plans to burn dozens of brush piles in and near the Irish Hills Open Space off Prefumo Canyon Road on Tuesday, Jan. 26.
Burning is scheduled to take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Firefighters say the prescribed burn will help reduce the threat and severity of wildfire in the area and aid in restoring natural ecosystem processes.
The piles contain French Broom, an invasive non-native plant that firefighters say can create a highly flammable fuel and greatly increases the fire danger.