“The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans to conduct pile burn operations of up to 1,000 piles of downed hazard trees, branches and understory brush at Case Mountain Extensive Recreation Management Area, southeast of Three Rivers, Tulare County. The burn operations will start as early as Thursday, Jan. 12, and continue periodically until spring. Burning will take place only when weather and fuel moisture allow for safe and successful operations. Smoke may be visible in the Three Rivers area.”

For more information see https://www.blm.gov/press-release/blm-reduce-wildland-fire-risk-case-mountain-giant-sequoias-0.

[SOURCE: BLM]