Prescribed Fires This Week In Napa, Sonoma Co. To Know About

NAPA VALLEY, CA — CAL FIRE and California State Parks crews will be conducting control burns to reduce flammable debris in and around Sonoma and Napa counties and the Sonoma Coast this week, with smoke visible from miles away.

CAL FIRE issued a prescribed burn alert today in Napa Valley for the Pacific Union College Forest in Angwin.

The burn will focus on treating 11 acres of standing timber and forest litter on a ridge-top, northeast-facing area of the forest. Burning will last today until about 5 p.m. Another burn is scheduled for Tuesday to Thursday involving crews from CAL FIRE, Pacific Union College, Napafirewise, and the Napa Prescribed Burn Association.

CAL FIRE crews last week burned piles in Salt Point State Park, Sonoma County, to reduce dead and downed debris that could otherwise feed a wildfire. The effort supports vegetation management, wildlife habitat improvement, invasive plant management, and other long-term stewardship at the park along the northern Sonoma Coast, according to the agency.

CAL FIRE and State Parks will continue pile burning, next at Sonoma Coast State Park.