Dan Guse News Today

Stanislaus National Forest officials advise that it is the Italian Bar Prescribed Burn that is underway.

Fire crews with the Stanislaus National Forest Mi-Wok/Summit Ranger District began prescribed burning along Italian Bar Road at 9 a.m. Friday and had burned about 110 acres by 3:45 p.m.

Stanislaus National Forest crews plan to do prescribed burning on up to 1,440 acres starting later this month in the Cedar Ridge area and near Italian Bar Road, depending on

The Stanislaus National Forest is giving an early heads-up that prescribed burning is planned later this month in the Cedar Ridge area of Tuolumne County.

Crews target Sandbar Flat and Crandall OHV areas for fire management.

A prescribed burn will use low-intensity fire to ignite up to 200 acres daily.