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SOLVANG, Calif. – Los Padres National Forest officials announced today that suppression repair work in areas affected by the Lake Fire would resume on Monday, October 21. The goal of this work is to repair damages caused by fire suppression and return the area to a more natural condition by rehabilitating impacted areas to the extent practical.
Forest crews using heavy equipment will begin the first phase of suppression repair work on the Santa Lucia Ranger District in the Colson, Buckhorn Ridge and Pine Canyon areas. Suppression repair will take place in areas on and adjacent to Forest Roads 11N04, 11N03 and 31W14. This first phase of work is expected to take approximately two weeks to complete.