Beginning Sunday, April 10, Cal Fire in cooperation with California State Parks will be conducting a prescribed burn in the Mount San Jacinto State Park.
The burn consisting of brush and slash piles will be above Thousand Trails Park in Pine Cove. The project will continue throughout the week, weather permitting. The final burn date will be determined by permissive burn day availability and weather.
This burn is being conducted as part of the Cal Fire Vegetation Management Program and is intended to reduce hazardous vegetation and wildland fuels in an area considered to be at high risk for large and damaging wildfires.
Residents in the Idyllwild and Pine Cove area or anyone travelling on Highway 243 may see smoke from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the days of the burn. In the unlikely event you smell smoke, County officials urge you to take precautions to reduce any harmful health effects by limiting outdoor activities.
The prescribed burn was planned and coordinated with the South Coast Air Quality Management District and the California Air Resources Board in order to minimize the smoke impacts on surrounding communities. The burn is dependent on weather and air quality conditions that are favorable for smoke dispersal. If the conditions are not as desired, the burn will be rescheduled.
For additional information and questions, please contact Fire Captain Ron Earls at Garner Valley Station 53 951-659-5353 or Fire Captain Michael Sebastian at the Mountain Resource Center at 951-659-3329.
