Crime & Safety
62-Acre Controlled Burn Scheduled
The burn is scheduled on the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, north of Monument Hill, between 6:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Residents throughout Southwest Riverside are expected to see smoke coming from a 62-acre controlled burn Wednesday.
Cal Fire, in cooperation with The Nature Conservancy and the California Department of Fish and Game, has scheduled the prescribed burn on the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, north of Monument Hill, between 6:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.
The burn is part of vegetation study sponsored by University of California Riverside.
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“This burn will be an integral part of the information gathering process. In addition, the fuel-modified zone will better enable the fire department to keep fires that might start in the reserve into moving into the surrounding communities,” according to a Cal Fire news release.
Cal Fire engines and Conservation Camp Fire Crews will be on the blaze.
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