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A controlled burn takes place along the American River Parkway in Sacramento County on June 8, 2026. (Sacramento Fire Department)<\/p>\nThe Abridged version:<\/p>\n
Controlled burns are occurring throughout Sacramento County, including along the American River Parkway, to reduce wildfire risk.<\/p>\n
Additional burns will take place near Rio Linda, Mather Field and near Florin Road. <\/p>\n
The burns will continue through late June. <\/p>\n
If\u00a0you\u2019ve\u00a0noticed smoke in the sky above Sacramento County, fire officials have said\u00a0not to worry \u2014 it\u2019s coming from\u00a0controlled burns.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Crews began the burns\u00a0in the Woodlake area of American River Parkway on Sunday and will continue through Tuesday.\u00a0The prescribed\u00a0burns\u00a0reduce dry vegetation and lower wildfire risk along the parkway.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sacramento Assistant Fire Chief Patrick Costamagna said the prescribed burns accomplish more than just prevention.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur goal is to reduce the amount of dead grasses and dead or fallen tree branches on the ground,\u201d Costamagna said. \u201cThis helps keep fires from getting too large and helps keep fire much more manageable.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said the \u201cproven method\u201d keeps fires from spreading out of control. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis also doubles as a great training exercise for our new firefighters,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Where are the burns? <\/p>\n
More burns will happen through late June. The effort targets a total of four parks in a partnership between Sacramento County Regional Parks, Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District and the Sacramento Fire Department.<\/p>\n
In addition to the American River Parkway, fire crews will target:<\/p>\n
Dry Creek Parkway, a 6-mile corridor in northern Sacramento County near Rio Linda, beginning as early as June 11. <\/p>\n
Illa M. Collin Preserve, an area known for vernal pools near Mather Field, beginning as early as June 17. <\/p>\n
Gene Andal Park, a community park on Florin Road in the Vineyard neighborhood, beginning as early as June 22.<\/p>\n
The burns will continue as scheduled, unless there is heavy rain or wind, Costamagna said. <\/p>\n
Residents and park visitors may see smoke, fire personnel and equipment near the prescribed burns.<\/p>\n
\u201cPrescribed fire is an important tool that helps us reduce hazardous vegetation, protect nearby communities and maintain healthier park ecosystems,\u201d said Liz Bellas, Sacramento County Regional Parks Director. <\/p>\n
A controlled burn takes place along the American River Parkway in Sacramento County on June 8, 2026. (Sacramento Fire Department)<\/p>\n
Rob Stewart is a senior correspondent and host with PBS KVIE, and reports for Abridged. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Abridged version: Controlled burns are occurring throughout Sacramento County, including along the American River Parkway, to reduce…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352135,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-352134","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\/352134","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=352134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}