Prescribed Fire
Listed below are projected prescribed fire (Rx) projects that are prioritized for implementation this year.
Breaking updates on these burns will be posted on the Alerts section of the website and on our Facebook page @InyoNF.
Questions about these projects? Call the public affairs officer at (760) 873-2427.
Mt. Whitney Ranger District
Granite View RX Burn
Alabama Hills Defensible Space Fuels Reduction Project (2019)
West of Lone Pine at the end of Granite View Drive, firefighters will be burning up to 60 acres of Diaz Pasture. The goal is to start ignitions by May 1, but if the weather conditions aren’t ideal, this burn could be delayed. There will be approximately three days of ignitions, and will include extensive mop-up once the project objectives of creating defensible space and restoration of pasture are met.
Smoke may impact Lone Pine, Diaz Lake Recreation area, Alabama Hills Estates, Tuttle creek Campground and Alabama Hills National Scenic Area.
This project is Unit 9 of the “Granite View RX Burn,” from the 2019 Alabama Hills Defensible Space Fuels Reduction Project (see map below).
White Mountain Ranger District
Casa Diablo
On the northwestern edge of the Sunny Slopes community and Pine Glade, and to the north of the Owens River Gorge, up to 2,693 acres of the “Casa Diablo/Crowley Understory RX” will be burned when the right weather window opportunity arrives this spring.
This burn project is an understory maintenance project, which means the units have burned in different areas and different times over the last 20 years, and now firefighters are continuing to maintain this defensible space and improve the health of this Jeffrey pine forest.
This project falls under both the Casa Diablo Maintenance Prescribed Burning Project (2011) and the Crowley Communities Fuels Reduction Project (2010).
Mammoth and Mono Ranger Districts
Along the Highway 395 corridor, between Mammoth Lakes and June Lake, up to 2,193 acres of Jeffrey pine forest will be treated to help reduce potential for wildfires from vehicle ignitions. Priority areas for treatment are located at the immediate buffer zone along Highway 395, so smoke and flame will be extremely visible from the highway and communities in between. A full lane closure of Highway 395 will be in effect, but the highway will remain open unless smoke hampers visibility. Inyo National Forest is coordinating highway safety measure in partnership with Cal Trans District 9 personnel to ensure operations do not present safety risks to motorists.
This project falls under both the Jeffrey Pine Forest Health & Fuel Reduction Project Environmental Assessment (2007) and the Three Creeks Jeffrey Pine Forest Health and Restoration Project Environmental Assessment (2018).
