this is no longer a rx but is being run as caples incident. which will allow a larger increase of support.
From today’s InciWeb update, it would appear that while suppression efforts are engaged and resources are committed to the suppression side, they are still attempting, more or less, to achieve the Prescribed burn objectives. Quote from the Incident Overview: “Today’s plan is to continue with a full suppression strategy to build indirect line in the southern section which could include tactical firing operations. The intent is to use low intensity burning to remove vegetation between the containment line and the fire’s edge. This is safer for the firefighters due to the steep terrain and is also meeting the original Caples Ecological Restoration Project objectives of reducing fuel loadings, maintaining vegetation conditions that will allow fires to burn with lower intensities, and creating defensible space. Although the Caples fire is now designated a wildfire it is accomplishing our goal of promoting a healthy resilient forest by reintroducing fire to the landscape. The fire has been burning mostly as an understory burn with occasional tree torching. Most of the smoke has been from overgrown brush fields and deep duff layers.”
Inciweb Incident link: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6622/
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Awesome use of fire
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The only way to head back toward healthy forests is if managers repeat such projects --risk and all–time and time and time again. Let’s hope that the value is seen as clearly outweighing any difficulties and costs.
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nice work and still meeting the objectives safely
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