08/25/2026
CAL FIRE crews will be thinning vegetation and building burn piles at Monte Rio Redwoods Expansion starting Monday, 8/24. They will be working along the main ridgeline, starting in the north and working their way south using an excavator with a masticating attachment. Visitors to the Park will see and hear large equipment working in the forest as well as chainsaws.
This work will continue through the fall and winter months as weather allows. The piles that are created will be left to cure and dry out over the fall months and will be burned in the winter after sufficient rain has fallen. This is a continuation of our work to reduce hazardous fuels within the park and manage the forest to be more resilient to future wildfires.
There will be no trail closures at the moment, however, we will need to close sections of trails during the course of this work, and I will send out additional alerts when we needed. Signs will be placed along sections of trail that are closed.
