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Santa Margarita Lake area prescribed burn scheduled 

–The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) in cooperation with the Range Improvement Association and local landowners will be conducting a 50-acre prescribed burn today, Tuesday, July 3. This burn is located along W. Pozo Road approximately one mile southwest of Santa Margarita Lake. Four fire engines and one fire crew will be involved in the burn.

The burn is being conducted as part of the Cal Fire Vegetation Management Program and is intended to reduce highly flammable vegetation and other wildland fuels in an area prone to wildfires. This burn is also intended to demonstrate the effectiveness of prescribed burning as a management tool for the control of yellow starthistle, an invasive weed harmful to cattle and horses. The project is in cooperation with the San Luis Obispo County Range Improvement Association and should improve forage conditions for livestock and wildlife.

People in the Santa Margarita Lake area and/or traveling W. Pozo Road may see smoke in the Pozo Valley from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 3.

In the unlikely event you smell smoke, county officials urge you to take precautions and use common sense to reduce harmful health effects by limiting outdoor activities.

The prescribed burn is being coordinated with the San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District and the California Air Resources Board in order to minimize the smoke impacts on surrounding communities. The project is dependent on weather and will be carried out during favorable atmospheric conditions that provide adequate consumption and smoke dispersal. If the conditions are not correct on Tuesday as planned, the burn will be rescheduled.

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