Fire planned at Palmdale Lake to help tricolored blackbird
Los Angeles County authorities are warning Antelope Valley residents of a planned burn of vegetation around Palmdale Lake from Monday through Thursday.
The burn is an attempt to improve the habitat for the tricolored blackbird, which lives in the lake area, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
“The 300-acre lake consists of 80% shoreline containing cattail vegetation where nesting for the blackbird occurs,” the Sheriff’s Department said. “The cattails are choking out the shoreline and nesting habitat due to increasing density.”
The burn is to be conducted by a division of the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is supporting the project
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