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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 later this week, 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 and for research purposes. Approximately 55 acres of grass and sage scrub will be burned. Once the burn day has been selected, a media advisory will be issued the day before.