COBB, Calif. — A collaborative of fire professionals will be working together to conduct multiple cultural burns in the Cobb area this week.
These burns are taking place as part of the Lake County Cal-TREX, a prescribed and cultural fire training exchange led by the Tribal EcoRestoration Alliance, or TERA.
TERA is working in partnership with agencies, tribes and community organizations including Cal Fire, the US Forest Service and the Watershed Research and Training Center.
The goals of the burns are to reduce fuel loading, support capacity building and training around beneficial burning, improve the health of oak woodlands and grasslands, help native plants thrive, and enhance wildlife habitat.
These fully permitted burns will be conducted over two to three days depending on weather conditions and be led by a coalition of TERA and other Lake County Cal-TREX partners.
Ignitions may begin as early as 8 a.m. each day with firing operations concluding by late afternoon.
There is potential for some residual smoke overnight and into the following days.
Please do not call 911.
Cultural prescribed burns planned for the Cobb Nov. 1 and 2
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