Prescribed Burning on Private Lands

The Placer Resource Conservation District (Placer RCD) has developed a Prescribed Burning on Private Lands (PBPL) Pilot Program to provide a mechanism to support landowners in reducing fuel load on private property with prescribed burning, including broadcast and pile burning. Prescribed burning is one of the essential tools used to manage wildfire risks today. As catastrophic wildfires continue to be a growing concern in California, the use of prescribed burning to reduce hazardous fuels is projected to increase. The primary goal of the PBPL Program is to assist landowners in using prescribed fire to manage vegetation on their properties through workshops, technical assistance, and education. Placer RCD’s intention is to develop the PBPL Pilot Program so that it can serve as a successful program model statewide. Barriers to prescribed fire use on private lands must be addressed to achieve fuel reduction goals statewide and regionally. Ultimately, encouraging the safe, legal, and ecologically beneficial use of prescribed fire will reduce the threat of catastrophic wildfires and promote ecosystem resiliency.

This 11 acre prescribed burn at Kings Hill Ranch was coordinated by Placer Resource Conservation in collaboration with Prometheus Fire Consulting and Volcano Creek Logging. This prescribed burn was designed to improve forest and soil health and to mitigate against catastrophic wildfire. CAL FIRE funded this project.

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