News Release

Prescribed Burn to occur near the Visitor Center and East Beach on Saturday

Whiskeytown firefighter conducting a prescribed burn.

NPS/Kurt Moses

News Release Date: October 24, 2024

Contact: Scott Einberger, 5302423450

Whiskeytown, CA - Whiskeytown, CA - Whiskeytown fire management staff are planning a 225-acre prescribed burn for Saturday, October 26.

This understory burn will take place between Highway 299 and Clair A. Hill Whiskeytown Dam on the east side of Kennedy Memorial Drive.

One way traffic will be in place along Kennedy Memorial Drive during the burn and will mostly occur mostly between 12pm and 6pm.

East Beach parking lot will be temporarily closed.

Please excuse the smoke as we continue the never-ending task of protecting park infrastructure and reducing the threat of unwanted fire; although the vast majority of vegetation within the national recreation area burned in 2018, plant regrowth has been immense since the megafire.

Learn more about the challenging job of fire management at Whiskeytown. 

For questions, email, text, or call Scott Einberger, Supervisory Interpretive Park Ranger, at 530-356-3958 or [e-mail]. 

About Whiskeytown National Recreation Area. Whiskeytown is one of almost 430 parks within the National Park System. Whiskeytown National Recreation Area was established in 1965 to protect Whiskeytown Lake and surrounding habitat and to provide outdoor recreation opportunities for the people of the United States. The park protects an immensity of over 1100 different native plant species and preserves historic sites associated with the Wintu People and California Gold Rush. Whiskeytown is visited by around one million people each year. Visitors primarily enjoy swimming, boating, fishing, hiking, and camping. The vast majority of the park has been restored and reopened from the 2018 Carr Fire which burned 97% of the national recreation area and destroyed over 100 structures. For more information, visit the park website or connect with us on Facebook or Instagram.