{"id":349011,"date":"2026-06-06T03:26:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T03:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/349011\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T03:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T03:26:17","slug":"prescribed-burns-planned-for-sacramento-regional-parks-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/349011\/","title":{"rendered":"Prescribed burns planned for Sacramento Regional parks in June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img-26-05-20-4E475.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"A prescribed burn at the Prairie City State Vehicular Recreation Center Wednesday, May 20, 2026, created smoke seen on AlertCalifornia\u2019s Ben Bolte 2 camera. \" alt=\"A prescribed burn at the Prairie City State Vehicular Recreation Center Wednesday, May 20, 2026, created smoke seen on AlertCalifornia\u2019s Ben Bolte 2 camera. \"\/><\/p>\n<p>        A prescribed burn at the Prairie City State Vehicular Recreation Center Wednesday, May 20, 2026, created smoke seen on AlertCalifornia\u2019s Ben Bolte 2 camera. <\/p>\n<p>            AlertCalifornia\/UC San Diego<\/p>\n<p>The Sacramento County Regional Parks Department has requested \u201cpatience and cooperation\u201d from residents and parkgoers throughout the month of June as fire personnel conduct a series of prescribed burns.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saccounty.gov\/us\/en\/articles\/2026-articles\/sacramento-county-regional-parks-announces-controlled-burns-to-r.html#gsc.tab=0\">statement released on Friday<\/a>, the Department announced that the burn operations will take place in partnership with the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire Department and the City of Sacramento Fire Department. The burns are currently scheduled to take place at four parks throughout the region, with two operations expected to last for up to three days.<\/p>\n<p>These operations, according to the Parks Department, will serve a number of purposes. \u201cPrescribed fire is an important tool that helps us reduce hazardous vegetation, protect nearby communities, and maintain healthier park ecosystems,\u201d said Regional Parks Director Liz Bella in the statement. \u201cThese projects also provide valuable training opportunities for our local fire agencies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What are the dates and locations for the prescribed burns?<\/p>\n<p>According to the Regional Parks statement, smoke and fire personnel may be visible in the areas where the burns are scheduled to occur. More information and updates to the burn schedule are available on the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/regionalparks.saccounty.gov\/us\/en\/rangers\/fire-risk-reduction.html#gsc.tab=0\">Regional Parks website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/315960345\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/anneheadshot.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Anne Ewbank\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/315960345\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anne Ewbank<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Anne Ewbank is a service journalist and food reporter for The Sacramento Bee. Previously, she worked as a writer and editor for the New York-based travel website Atlas Obscura, where she covered food and culture. A California native, she is a graduate of Occidental College and Yale University.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A prescribed burn at the Prairie City State Vehicular Recreation Center Wednesday, May 20, 2026, created smoke seen&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-349011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}