MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. – The Mendocino National Forest fire personnel are conducting the Westshore prescribed fire just west of Lake Pillsbury on the Upper Lake Ranger district this week.

Crews plan to burn up to 285 acres.

Timeframes for the burn depend on Lake County Air Quality Management District approval and the appropriate environmental conditions such as temperature, wind, fuel moisture, ventilation and humidity.

Fire personnel planned to begin ignitions on Tuesday, Feb. 11, with work to continue through Thursday, Feb. 13. Crews will patrol the burned area through the weekend and into next week.

The objectives for the project include forest health improvement, hazardous fuels reduction near Lake Pillsbury communities and wildlife habitat protection. Previous treatments in these units involve thinning, logging, masticating, pile burning and initial understory burning.

For firefighter and public safety, Mendocino National Forest officials remind the public to not enter or park near the project area and to watch for firefighters and equipment in the described location.