What is prescribed fire? Prescribed fire is the controlled and intentional application of low-intensity fire across the landscape under specific weather conditions to achieve a management objective. The term prescribed…
Update: Submission deadline has closed. Individuals who have submitted a design will be notified of results by August 30th, 2023. Calling graphic designers and artists! The Placer Prescribed Burn Association…
AUBURN, CA â Placer Resource Conservation District (Placer RCD), in partnership with CAL FIRE, has released the âRx Fire Field Guide,â an education tool for landowners and land managers interested…
The Rx Fire Field Guide serves as a landowner education tool and provides a framework to guide discussions on prescribed burning between natural resource management agencies and private landowners. In…
Placer and Nevada County Resource Conservation Districts recently partnered with Ron Gray, a private landowner in Nevada City, for a 2-acre prescribed burn on his property. We were so delighted…
The Placer RCD team is honored and thrilled that our Prescribed Burning on Public Lands Program (PBPL) was highlighted in a wonderful video in the recent CAL FIRE Community e-newsletter.…
On Tuesday, February 8, Placer County Resource Conservation District (Placer RCD, District) is assisting a private landowner in Meadow Vista with a 2-acre low-intensity prescribed burn to reduce carrier fuels and improve defensible space. The burn is part of the Prescribed Burning on Private Lands (PBPL) pilot program, funded by CAL FIRE to empower landowners with the skills and knowledge to use prescribed burning as a fuels reduction and forest stewardship tool. The event is part of a series of understory burns that Placer RCD will help coordinate over the next several years.
On Friday, February 4, 2022, Placer County Resource Conservation District is assisting a private landowner in Meadow Vista with a 1-acre low-intensity prescribed burn to reduce carrier fuels and improve defensible space. The burn is part of the Prescribed Burning on Private Lands (PBPL) pilot program, funded by CAL FIRE to empower landowners with the skills and knowledge to use prescribed burning as a fuels reduction and forest stewardship tool. The event is part of a series of understory burns that Placer RCD will help coordinate over the next several years.
