The below news release contains information regarding a scheduled prescribed burn on the Santa Rosa Plateau. The Prescribed Burn will be on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 from 6:00 AM until approximately 1:00 PM.
"On Wednesday May 20th, CAL FIRE/Riverside County Firefighters, in cooperation with the California
Department of Fish and Wildlife and The Nature Conservancy will conduct a prescribed burn of 99 acres
on the Santa Rosa Plateau. The burn is necessary to eliminate non-native grasses and weeds from the
Burro Mesa plot and the Colorado plot on the plateau. CAL FIRE firefighters will benefit from this burn in
Intermediate Firing Operations.
Burning will be one day only and will begin at approximately 6:00 a.m. and will conclude by 1:00 p.m.
Residents in southwest Riverside County, including La Cresta, Tenaja, Bear Creek, Murrieta, Temecula,
Wildomar and Lake Elsinore may experience drift smoke during the burning period.
For further information, please contact the CAL FIRE/Riverside County Fire Department Public Affairs
Bureau at 951-940-6985."
"On Wednesday May 20th, CAL FIRE/Riverside County Firefighters, in cooperation with the California
Department of Fish and Wildlife and The Nature Conservancy will conduct a prescribed burn of 99 acres
on the Santa Rosa Plateau. The burn is necessary to eliminate non-native grasses and weeds from the
Burro Mesa plot and the Colorado plot on the plateau. CAL FIRE firefighters will benefit from this burn in
Intermediate Firing Operations.
Burning will be one day only and will begin at approximately 6:00 a.m. and will conclude by 1:00 p.m.
Residents in southwest Riverside County, including La Cresta, Tenaja, Bear Creek, Murrieta, Temecula,
Wildomar and Lake Elsinore may experience drift smoke during the burning period.
For further information, please contact the CAL FIRE/Riverside County Fire Department Public Affairs
Bureau at 951-940-6985."
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