Smoke Experts and Health Authorities Critical of Prescribed Burn in Sonoma

Just posting something I wrote about for WineBusiness.com on risks to wine grapes from a prescribed burn. I am continuing to research prescribed burns and their effectiveness/ineffectiveness in different landscapes. 

Very grateful for our state's amazing researchers. More to come. 

In the meantime this is what on the ground sensors recorded from the burn.

THE STORY

"When a huge plume of smoke covered Sonoma Valley last Wednesday, residents, hoteliers, restauranteurs and growers weren’t quite sure what to think. The source of the smoke was a 92 acre prescribed burn at Donnell Ranch, a fire set by Audubon Canyon’s Fire Forward program and led by program director Sasha Berleman, to burn grassland and oak forest on the property. Located near the Sonoma Raceway, the burn site was on Mangel Ranch Road, just across from Ram’s Gate winery on Arnold Drive..." 

Read the story on WineBusiness.com.