NORTH COAST, Calif. – The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s Mendocino Unit will be burning in the State Responsibility Area, or SRA, surrounding the Ukiah Valley throughout the month of February.

Burning will be conducted on days that weather and air quality conditions allow.

Cal Fire will be burning piles of vegetative debris and broadcast burning as part of the Cal Fire Priority Ukiah Fuels Reduction Project.

Burning will begin at approximately 10 a.m. and conclude at approximately 5 p.m. daily.

Aircraft, smoke and flames may be visible.

In its full scope, the 26,541-acre Ukiah Fuels Reduction Project protects approximately 39,195 residences in the Ukiah area.

The project will include areas south of Lake Mendocino, the communities of El Dorado, Vichy Springs, Talmage, the Western Ukiah hills, the Turtle Creek drainage, Ukiah Valley and the base of Cow Mountain.

For announcements about prescribed burning in and surrounding the Ukiah Valley, residents are encouraged to follow the Cal Fire Mendocino Unit on Twitter and on Facebook.