Town Of Fairfax: Marin County Open Space District Planned Burn At Cascade Canyon Open Space Preserve On Wednesday 3/17

Press release from the Town of Fairfax:

March 15, 2021

Marin County Open Space District, in partnership with the Marin County Fire Dept, plan to burn the vegetation piles at Cascade Canyon Open Space Preserve (Cascade Dr) on Wednesday 3/17.  This is a planned burn of vegetation cut earlier in the season.  The work will be conducted in compliance with Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) permits, which is weather and wind dependent, but if conditions allow then crews will be on site at approximately 8am to begin preparations and will commence igniting piles at 10am.   Fire suppression equipment (hoses, vehicles) will all be on site and crews will be monitoring/tending piles closely.

Local residents should experience minimal air quality impacts, as the operation plan is to burn the piles as hot as possible which creates little smoke as possible (but not smoke-free).  Residents with smoke sensitivities or other health considerations may want to plan to be elsewhere during these operations, from approximately 9am to 4pm.

Staff will be on site during this operation and can be available to answer any questions you might have. James Chayka, Parks and Open Space Superintendent, can be contacted at jchayka@marincounty.org for additional information.

This press release was produced by the Town of Fairfax. The views expressed here are the author’s own.