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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. — The Santa Barbara County Fire Department plans to conduct a prescribed burn at the Sedgwick Reserve in the Santa Ynez Valley in early November, depending on conditions. Prescribed fires typically burn less intensely than wildfires. Prescribed burns help prevent the spread of wildfires and can reduce impacts to watersheds that can result in soil loss and sedimentation.
The burn is being conducted to reduce fuels in the area to protect neighboring communities. Approximately 281 acres of sage and oak understory will be burned. This burn is expected to take up to six days, which may not be consecutive, depending on conditions. A media advisory will be issued before the first day of burning, and again if burning does not occur on consecutive days.