Press release from Calfire:

Prescribed Burn Redway Shaded Fuel Break RX

What: The final phase of the Redway Shaded Fuel Break (SFB) Project involves the implementation of a prescribed burn across approximately 84 acres.

When: The prescribed burn is planned between Wednesday, October 8th – 11th, 2025, weather dependent.

Where: Project area is located adjacent to the community of Redway, CA between Evergreen Road and Highway 101.

Why:

The Redway SFB Project encompasses 142 acres of land adjacent to the community of Redway. Fuel reduction work was conducted by contract crews utilizing a variety of methods, including mastication, hand tools, weed eaters, chainsaws, and wood chippers. Treatments included brush removal, understory thinning, and the felling of small, suppressed, and overcrowded trees. Remaining trees were pruned of lower limbs to remove “ladder fuels,” which are vegetative materials that allow wildfire to climb from surface fuels such as grass and brush into the tree canopy.

All removed material was either lopped and scattered or chipped into mulch to reduce fuel continuity. These treatments serve to break up dense vegetation, reduce fire hazard severity, and promote healthier forest conditions within the wildland-urban interface.

The final phase of the project is an 84-acre prescribed burn located in the northeast portion of the treatment area. This carefully planned burn will further reduce residual fuels, enhance the effectiveness of the shaded fuel break, and strengthen wildfire resilience for the surrounding community.

Who:

Redway SFB reduction project is a collaborative effort between CAL FIRE Humboldt – Del Norte Unit, Southern Humboldt Fire Safe Council, and the Humboldt County Resource Conservation District. This project is a result of the ongoing efforts of the Southern Humboldt Fire Safe Council to improve the resilience of Southern Humboldt communities to wildfire.During these prescribed fire operations, residents may see an increase in fire suppression resource traffic, smoke will be visible and traffic control may be in place. Please be cautious for your safety as well as those working on prescribed burns.

Learn more how you can prepare for wildfire by visiting: www.ReadyForWildfire.org.

For more information, please contact the CAL FIRE Humboldt – Del Norte Unit Public Information Officer line at: (707) 726-1285.