Prescribed Fire Information

San Luis Obispo Coast District Prescribed Fire Program

The lands encompassed within the San Luis Obispo Coast District of California State Parks include a diverse variety of unique ecosystems, many of which have evolved with and been shaped by fire over millennia. California State Parks has employed prescribed fire as a tool to help steward a number of parks across the State Park System since the 1970s. State Parks first began conducting prescribed burns in San Luis Obispo Coast units in 1975, with prescribed pile and broadcast burning having taken place in a number of parks intermittently since then. State Park staff from across the SLO Coast District work closely with CAL FIRE, the San Luis Obispo County Fire Department and a variety of partners to make sure all prescribed fire work is conducted safely in a manner that furthers State Parks mission to preserve the state’s extraordinary biological diversity, protecting its most valued natural and cultural resources.

For information, please see these Frequently Asked Questions or feel free to contact the San Luis Obispo Coast District Office (805) 927-2065 or email our Natural Resources team at katie.drexhage@parks.ca.gov. A phone number and email for public information contact(s) will be provided on signage and in press releases and website updates for any given prescribed fire.