The smoke you see or smell may be CAL FIRE conducting prescribed burns—part of our ongoing work to make California more wildfire resilient.
With wildfire activity slowing and weather creating safer conditions, prescribed fire operations increase across the state.
#PrescribedFire #GoodFire
With wildfire activity slowing and weather creating safer conditions, prescribed fire operations increase across the state.
#PrescribedFire #GoodFire
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The smoke you see or smell may be CAL FIRE conducting prescribed burns—part of our ongoing work to make California more wildfire resilient.
With wildfire activity slowing and weather creating safer conditions, prescribed fire operations increase across the state.
#PrescribedFire #GoodFire
With wildfire activity slowing and weather creating safer conditions, prescribed fire operations increase across the state.
#PrescribedFire #GoodFire
When the Madre Fire hit the Carrizo Plains in July, it slowed in a 500-acre zone treated with prescribed fire by CAL FIRE SLO + California DFW earlier this year.
Reduced flames + intensity helped crews gain the upper hand.
🎥 youtu.be/OIcdaiNFpdo?...
#PrescribedFire #FuelsManagement
Reduced flames + intensity helped crews gain the upper hand.
🎥 youtu.be/OIcdaiNFpdo?...
#PrescribedFire #FuelsManagement
Fuel Treatment Effectiveness American Burn Unit
YouTube video by SLU GIS
youtu.be
August 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
When the Madre Fire hit the Carrizo Plains in July, it slowed in a 500-acre zone treated with prescribed fire by CAL FIRE SLO + California DFW earlier this year.
Reduced flames + intensity helped crews gain the upper hand.
🎥 youtu.be/OIcdaiNFpdo?...
#PrescribedFire #FuelsManagement
Reduced flames + intensity helped crews gain the upper hand.
🎥 youtu.be/OIcdaiNFpdo?...
#PrescribedFire #FuelsManagement
December 6, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Hey everyone. I'm new on here, but I'll be posting on here about #CAFires, #PalisadesFire, #EatonFire, #FireEcology, #FireHistory, #WaterResources, #GIS, #RemoteSensing, #PrescribedFire, and #ForestManagement. Also, sharing links to our content on the-lookout.org and YouTube.
January 26, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Hey everyone. I'm new on here, but I'll be posting on here about #CAFires, #PalisadesFire, #EatonFire, #FireEcology, #FireHistory, #WaterResources, #GIS, #RemoteSensing, #PrescribedFire, and #ForestManagement. Also, sharing links to our content on the-lookout.org and YouTube.
A prescribed fire last summer at Knob 2 near Bon Tempe Lake #prescribedfire #mttamalpais #mttam #mttamwatershed #landscapephotography
April 3, 2026 at 3:29 PM
A prescribed fire last summer at Knob 2 near Bon Tempe Lake #prescribedfire #mttamalpais #mttam #mttamwatershed #landscapephotography
The power of prescribed fire - High Country News
A wildfire journalist steps behind the drip torch.
www.hcn.org
February 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Glowing combustion in a fallen madrone are a recent prescribed fire #goodfire #prescribedfire #mttamalpais #mttam #mttamwatershed
August 31, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Glowing combustion in a fallen madrone are a recent prescribed fire #goodfire #prescribedfire #mttamalpais #mttam #mttamwatershed
Spent the last couple days restoring grasslands with #wildlandfire in the BanffNP backcountry 🔥 Some amazing fire behaviour to maintain habitat for #bison #grizzlybears and other wildlife #prescribedfire
May 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Spent the last couple days restoring grasslands with #wildlandfire in the BanffNP backcountry 🔥 Some amazing fire behaviour to maintain habitat for #bison #grizzlybears and other wildlife #prescribedfire
🔥 Using fire for good.
CAL FIRE crews are implementing prescribed burns as part of the Vegetation Management Program (VMP), a proactive approach to reducing hazardous vegetation, restoring native species, and improving overall ecosystem health.
#PrescribedFire 1/4
CAL FIRE crews are implementing prescribed burns as part of the Vegetation Management Program (VMP), a proactive approach to reducing hazardous vegetation, restoring native species, and improving overall ecosystem health.
#PrescribedFire 1/4
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🔥 Using fire for good.
CAL FIRE crews are implementing prescribed burns as part of the Vegetation Management Program (VMP), a proactive approach to reducing hazardous vegetation, restoring native species, and improving overall ecosystem health.
#PrescribedFire 1/4
CAL FIRE crews are implementing prescribed burns as part of the Vegetation Management Program (VMP), a proactive approach to reducing hazardous vegetation, restoring native species, and improving overall ecosystem health.
#PrescribedFire 1/4
Turn on the “Prescribed Fire” layer on the CAL FIRE Incidents Map to see where controlled burns are planned: fire.ca.gov/incidents #GoodFire #PrescribedFire
Incidents | CAL FIRE
fire.ca.gov
February 17, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Turn on the “Prescribed Fire” layer on the CAL FIRE Incidents Map to see where controlled burns are planned: fire.ca.gov/incidents #GoodFire #PrescribedFire
Meandered through a recently burned unit yesterday. The fire reveals so much that is otherwise hidden
#prairie #prescribedfire #hiking
#prairie #prescribedfire #hiking
April 13, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Meandered through a recently burned unit yesterday. The fire reveals so much that is otherwise hidden
#prairie #prescribedfire #hiking
#prairie #prescribedfire #hiking
Glowing combustion in a fallen madrone are a recent prescribed fire #goodfire #prescribedfire #mttamalpais #mttam #mttamwatershed
August 31, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Glowing combustion in a fallen madrone are a recent prescribed fire #goodfire #prescribedfire #mttamalpais #mttam #mttamwatershed
December 7, 2024 at 1:15 AM
This account stans #PrescribedFire. Forests need fire like they need the sun and rain.
Prescribed fire near McCall #IdahoFire
Fire near Lick Creek? McCall, Idaho. #fire
October 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This account stans #PrescribedFire. Forests need fire like they need the sun and rain.
Rx fire on one of my oak savanna sites. #prairie #savanna #conservation #prescribedfire #restorationecology 🌎🔥
April 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Rx fire on one of my oak savanna sites. #prairie #savanna #conservation #prescribedfire #restorationecology 🌎🔥
A little smoke now can mean less wildfire smoke later.
Expanding prescribed fire in California’s conifer forests could reduce overall wildfire smoke pollution over time, according to a new @Stanford-led study.
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
#PrescribedFire #GoodFire #VMP #ForestHealth
Expanding prescribed fire in California’s conifer forests could reduce overall wildfire smoke pollution over time, according to a new @Stanford-led study.
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
#PrescribedFire #GoodFire #VMP #ForestHealth
Stanford study finds surprising upside of prescribed burns
"As a species, we’re not that good at delayed gratification."
www.sfgate.com
July 5, 2026 at 2:28 PM
A little smoke now can mean less wildfire smoke later.
Expanding prescribed fire in California’s conifer forests could reduce overall wildfire smoke pollution over time, according to a new @Stanford-led study.
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
#PrescribedFire #GoodFire #VMP #ForestHealth
Expanding prescribed fire in California’s conifer forests could reduce overall wildfire smoke pollution over time, according to a new @Stanford-led study.
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
#PrescribedFire #GoodFire #VMP #ForestHealth
While wildfire and prescribed fire both produce smoke, controlled burns are a critical tool for preventing catastrophic wildfires and helping restore California’s natural fire cycle. Learn more about the benefits of #GoodFire.
#prescribedfire #controlledburns
youtu.be/IvTaRXHTIfs?...
#prescribedfire #controlledburns
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Prescribed Fire vs Wildfire Smoke
YouTube video by CAL FIRE TV
youtu.be
April 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
While wildfire and prescribed fire both produce smoke, controlled burns are a critical tool for preventing catastrophic wildfires and helping restore California’s natural fire cycle. Learn more about the benefits of #GoodFire.
#prescribedfire #controlledburns
youtu.be/IvTaRXHTIfs?...
#prescribedfire #controlledburns
youtu.be/IvTaRXHTIfs?...
Be #SmokeReady.
Prescribed fire is one of California’s most effective tools to prevent large, destructive wildfires. These planned burns are carefully managed to reduce smoke impacts and improve forest health—but any smoke can affect air quality.
#PrescribedFire #PublicHealth #WildfirePrevention
Prescribed fire is one of California’s most effective tools to prevent large, destructive wildfires. These planned burns are carefully managed to reduce smoke impacts and improve forest health—but any smoke can affect air quality.
#PrescribedFire #PublicHealth #WildfirePrevention
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Be #SmokeReady.
Prescribed fire is one of California’s most effective tools to prevent large, destructive wildfires. These planned burns are carefully managed to reduce smoke impacts and improve forest health—but any smoke can affect air quality.
#PrescribedFire #PublicHealth #WildfirePrevention
Prescribed fire is one of California’s most effective tools to prevent large, destructive wildfires. These planned burns are carefully managed to reduce smoke impacts and improve forest health—but any smoke can affect air quality.
#PrescribedFire #PublicHealth #WildfirePrevention
Every dollar spent on forest fuels treatment saves about $3.75 in wildfire damages, according to new research from UC Davis that analyzed nearly 300 wildfires across the western United States.
👉 Read the full study at: bit.ly/ForestFuelUCD
#WildfireResilience #ForestHealth #PrescribedFire
👉 Read the full study at: bit.ly/ForestFuelUCD
#WildfireResilience #ForestHealth #PrescribedFire
Forest Fuel Treatments Reduce Wildfire Spread, Prevent $2.8 Billion in Damage
A UC Davis study finds every dollar spent on forest fuel treatments saves $3.75 in wildfire damages.
bit.ly
May 28, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Every dollar spent on forest fuels treatment saves about $3.75 in wildfire damages, according to new research from UC Davis that analyzed nearly 300 wildfires across the western United States.
👉 Read the full study at: bit.ly/ForestFuelUCD
#WildfireResilience #ForestHealth #PrescribedFire
👉 Read the full study at: bit.ly/ForestFuelUCD
#WildfireResilience #ForestHealth #PrescribedFire
Last fall’s prescribed fire near Mountain Theatre #prescribedburn #prescribedfire #mttamalpais #mttam #mttamwatershed #landscapephotography
March 11, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Last fall’s prescribed fire near Mountain Theatre #prescribedburn #prescribedfire #mttamalpais #mttam #mttamwatershed #landscapephotography
Henderson's Shooting Star (Primula hendersonii) is one of the first prairie wildflowers to bloom in the spring on South Puget Sound prairies!
Done in charcoal collected from a #PrescribedFire I worked on in the flower's prairie.
#charcoalillustration #botany #pnw #spring 🐡
Done in charcoal collected from a #PrescribedFire I worked on in the flower's prairie.
#charcoalillustration #botany #pnw #spring 🐡
February 8, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Henderson's Shooting Star (Primula hendersonii) is one of the first prairie wildflowers to bloom in the spring on South Puget Sound prairies!
Done in charcoal collected from a #PrescribedFire I worked on in the flower's prairie.
#charcoalillustration #botany #pnw #spring 🐡
Done in charcoal collected from a #PrescribedFire I worked on in the flower's prairie.
#charcoalillustration #botany #pnw #spring 🐡
Gaps in the groundcover plant community from burning trees - Longleaf Pine Ecosystem, The Jones Center at Ichauway, Georgia 🔥 🌱
#FireEcology #LongleafPineEcosystem #PrescribedFire
#FireEcology #LongleafPineEcosystem #PrescribedFire
October 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Gaps in the groundcover plant community from burning trees - Longleaf Pine Ecosystem, The Jones Center at Ichauway, Georgia 🔥 🌱
#FireEcology #LongleafPineEcosystem #PrescribedFire
#FireEcology #LongleafPineEcosystem #PrescribedFire
Chocolate lilies (Fritillaria affinis) are a native plant to the Pacific Northwest, which grow in open grassy areas and forests at a wide range of elevations.
Illustration in #charcoal from a #PrescribedFire I worked on. Photo of a lily in that prairie the next spring!
#botany #wildflower #pnw 🐡
Illustration in #charcoal from a #PrescribedFire I worked on. Photo of a lily in that prairie the next spring!
#botany #wildflower #pnw 🐡
February 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Chocolate lilies (Fritillaria affinis) are a native plant to the Pacific Northwest, which grow in open grassy areas and forests at a wide range of elevations.
Illustration in #charcoal from a #PrescribedFire I worked on. Photo of a lily in that prairie the next spring!
#botany #wildflower #pnw 🐡
Illustration in #charcoal from a #PrescribedFire I worked on. Photo of a lily in that prairie the next spring!
#botany #wildflower #pnw 🐡
A two-decade experiment in the Sierra Nevada showed that regular prescribed burns help forests store more carbon in large, fire-resistant trees while reducing wildfire hazard.
#CALFIRE #PrescribedFire #ForestHealth #ClimateReady
bit.ly/Carbon-study
#CALFIRE #PrescribedFire #ForestHealth #ClimateReady
bit.ly/Carbon-study
Prescribed burning helps store forest carbon in big, fire-resistant trees - Berkeley News
A two decade long experiment in the Sierra Nevada found that regular prescribed burns promote carbon sequestration in live trees and plants, maintaining forests’ long-term ability to store carbon…
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December 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A two-decade experiment in the Sierra Nevada showed that regular prescribed burns help forests store more carbon in large, fire-resistant trees while reducing wildfire hazard.
#CALFIRE #PrescribedFire #ForestHealth #ClimateReady
bit.ly/Carbon-study
#CALFIRE #PrescribedFire #ForestHealth #ClimateReady
bit.ly/Carbon-study
After a challenging stretch of unfavorable weather, we’ve finally been able to take advantage of better conditions and make progress on our #prescribedfire work at the Longleaf Stewardship Center.
June 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
After a challenging stretch of unfavorable weather, we’ve finally been able to take advantage of better conditions and make progress on our #prescribedfire work at the Longleaf Stewardship Center.