[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Prescribed burn season at Fort Ord (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Prescribed burn season starts July 1 with two areas designated for torching this year on Fort Ord
Two areas designated for torching this year on Fort Ord

By James Herrera
Monterey Herald (CA)
June 18, 2018


Fort Ord - Two areas totaling about 430 acres are slated for prescribed burns this season, which spans from July 1 to Dec. 31. According to Naval Postgraduate School meteorologists, this year is a normal weather year conducive to conditions for prescribed burns.

Unit 31, a 103-acre area inside the impact area in the southern portion of the munitions response area near Laguna Seca, is ready to go and for now has priority, according to Bill Collins, Base Realignment And Closure environmental coordinator.

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Though two areas were burned in one day last year, Collins said chances are slim of that occurring again, even with a day of optimum weather conditions because of the proximity of the two areas scheduled for burn.

There is also a plan on the off chance there is an event happening at Laguna Seca when weather conditions are ripe for a prescribed burn at Unit 31.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.montereyherald.com/article/NF/20180618/NEWS/180619888

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Lenny Siegel
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