Siskiyou Prescribed Burn Association
The Siskiyou Prescribed Burn Association (SPBA) includes landowners, Tribes, and local organizations and agencies that work together to safely conduct burns in the interest of restoring the historic role of fire, using fire as a management tool, and reducing wildfire hazard to our communities and watersheds throughout the diverse fire-adapted landscapes of Siskiyou County.
Like many areas across the West, the impacts of increased fire severity as a result of climate change and land management practices, including fire suppression, has served as an inspiration to bring people together. The Mid Klamath Watershed Council, the Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center, the Quartz Valley Indian Reservation, the Scott River Watershed Council, and the Shasta Valley Resource Conservation District partnered in 2019 to establish the SPBA. The SPBA’s mission is to facilitate and support beneficial burning in and around Siskiyou County through education, training, leadership, collaboration, and coordination, and by providing equipment, expertise, and other material support to the community.