The project will cover 175.2 acres along Highway 162 and Forbestown Road. Photo courtesy of Butte County Fire Safe Council

BUTTE COUNTY, CA (MPG) - In the coming weeks, we are grateful that conditions may allow for a broadcast burn project to support community safety in the East Oroville area. The project will cover 175.2 acres along Highway 162 and Forbestown Road, focusing on reducing hazardous fuels and restoring healthy fire ecology by burning forest understory.

These burns will only take place under favorable conditions, with a dedicated fire crew onsite providing careful oversight and monitoring. Residents in Kelly Ridge, East Oroville, Mt. Ida, Berry Creek and Feather Falls should expect to see visible smoke during the project. Updates and confirmation will be shared as conditions are finalized.

This project is managed by the Butte County Fire Safe Council with burning implemented by Terra Fuego and made possible through funding from CAL FIRE 's WUI Wide Forest Health Program as part of the California Climate Investments Program. Thank you for supporting prescribed fire as we work to maintain safer, healthier and more resilient landscapes for our communities.

The Butte County Fire Safe Council is a grassroots non-profit organization that implements a variety of fuels reduction and forest health projects in operation around Butte County including Forbestown, Berry Creek, Forest Ranch, Cohasset, Paradise, Big Chico Creek Canyon and Oroville Foothills. More information can be found on BCFSC’s website https://buttefiresafe.net/ , Facebook or by calling our office at 530-877-0984.

Funding for WUI Wide Forest and Watershed Restoration Project was provided by CAL FIRE's Forest Health Program, as part of California Climate Investments. California Climate Investments, a statewide program that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing GHG emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment- particularly in disadvantaged communities. The Cap-and-Trade program a/so creates a financial incentive for industries to invest in clean technologies and develop innovative ways to reduce pollution. California Climate Investments projects include affordable housing, renewable energy, public transportation, zero-emission vehicles, environmental restoration, more sustainable agriculture, recycling, and much more. At least 35 percent of these investments are located within and benefiting residents of disadvantaged communities, low-income communities, and low-income households across California. For more information, visit the California Climate Investments website at: www.caclimateinvestments.ca.gov.