MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. — Firefighters on the Mendocino National Forest are planning pile burning operations beginning next week, pending favorable conditions.

On Monday, Oct. 20, firefighters will attempt to burn up to 17 acres of piles at Plaskett Meadows Campground and along Forest Highway 7 in western Glenn County. Also next week, firefighters are looking to complete ten acres of pile burning at Ides Cove Campground in northwestern Tehama County.

Prescribed fire operations including pile burning and understory burning will occur across the forest through the fall and winter season, as conditions allow. Prescribed fires help reduce overgrown vegetation to help protect local communities, infrastructure and natural resources from wildfires.

Prescribed burns planned this fall and winter season include the following.

Grindstone Ranger District

• Plaskett Meadows, Board Tree and FH7 roadside pile burning in western Glenn County.
• Ides Cove pile burning in northwestern Tehama County.
• Kingsley Glade, Three Prong and Sugarfoot Campgrounds pile burning in western Tehama County.
• M-5 Road, Letts Lake and Board Camp Ridge pile burning in western Colusa County.
• Admin sites pile burning at Wilson Camp, Log Springs, Paskenta, Alder Springs, Wells Cabin, Chico Seed Orchard, Red Bluff and Stonyford.

Upper Lake and Covelo Ranger Districts

• Northshore Reforestation and Bartlett Springs pile burning located northeast of Northshore communities Nice, Lucerne and Clearlake Oaks in Lake County.
• Booth Crossing Fuel Break near homes in Pillsbury Ranch north of Lake Pillsbury.
• Road, Upper Deer Valley Road, Horse Mountain and Pine Mountain pile burning in Lake County.
• Howard Mill understory burning off of the M1 Road in Lake County.
• Campground pile burning in eastern Mendocino County.
• Admin sites pile burning at Soda Creek, Little Doe and Deer Valley Campground.
• Westshore and Pillsbury understory near Lake Pillsbury in Lake County.

Residents and visitors are asked to avoid areas where prescribed fires will be conducted. Some smoke may be visible. For more detailed information about air quality, go to AirNow.gov online or download the app.

Fire managers carefully monitor prescribed burns and will plan to conduct activities during the safest possible burn windows. Local fire and government authorities are notified prior to burn days and kept informed throughout prescribed fire operations.

More information about Mendocino National Forest’s prescribed fire operations will be available online at inciweb.wildfire.gov.