Crews will conduct pile burns at Mount Diablo State Park sometime between January and March to reduce vegetation on the south side of the mountain, California State Parks officials announced this week. The burns are planned for one or more days between Jan. 15 and March 15 and will happen in the Knobcone Point Road and Blackhawk Ridge Road areas.
The goal is to reduce wildfire risk, support the park’s native plants and wildlife, and protect nearby communities, park officials said in a news release. No trails will be closed during the burn periods.
The pile burns are dependent on weather, air quality and other environmental factors, and will be rescheduled if conditions aren’t right. During burn operations, smoke may be visible from the south side of the mountain from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and light smoke could linger for up to three days following the burn, according to park officials.
People can sign up for the Diablo Range District burn notification list by emailing fire.diablorange@parks.ca.gov.
Good to see them “raking the forest” so to speak.
I see the south side is having the burns – what about the north, east?
Wasn’t there a Native American Injun fire dance that got postponed a few months back that had to be rescheduled? I forget why…. rained or something… why not invite the tribe up to the mountain?
It seems to me that getting to dance on the mountain with a big fire would be a much more dramatic setting for the fire dance than that field by the college & they could kill 2 birds with one stone.
The unelected and unaccountable BAAQMD is just fine with this because government agencies always protect government agencies. While these government agencies all claim the public is at the top of their organizational charts, they sure don’t treat the public as though they are.