Crime & Safety
Prescribed Burn At Lake Skinner Fills Sky With Drift Smoke
More than 100 acres burned Monday in Riverside County as part of vegetation management operations.
TEMECULA, CA — A vegetation management prescribed burn was conducted at Lake Skinner Monday, the Riverside County Fire Department announced Sunday.
A total of 110 acres was scheduled to be burned Monday.
Drift smoke was visible from nearby communities but dispersed quickly, fire officials reported.
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The burn was conducted by the Cal Fire/ Riverside County Fire Department in collaboration with Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District and the Metropolitan Water District.
"This project will benefit Riversidian sage scrub and grassland habitats, and Parry's spine flower and also accomplish the goal of rehabilitating burrowing owl habitat and mammal habitat for L.A. pocket mouse, San Diego pocket mouse, Stephens' kangaroo rat and San Diego black-tailed
rabbit," announced the fire department.
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The burning operations such as this are only planned on permissive burn days as determined by the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
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