Field Review of Private Land Fuel Reduction Project
To date, FireScape Mendocino has hosted three two-day
Workshops with a half day field trip, both of which were facilitated by the
Fire Learning Network (FLN). The third Workshop was held Tuesday, June 10th and
Wednesday, June 11th at the Community Hall in Paskenta, CA. Thirty people from
15 organizations participated (see list below).
Guided by the Open Standards for the Practice of
Conservation, the attendees focused on developing a Situation Diagram based on
the group’s shared values and targets.
The meeting also included a field trip to review various forest health
related fuel reduction treatments on both private and federal forest land. Rick
Mowery, Fire Ecologist for the Mendocino National Forest, discussed fire regimes
and management treatments with workshop participants at stops along the private
and federal land interface and at an historic meadow on the Forest. Local land
owner and fuel reduction expert, Bill Burroughs, presented the group with a
case study about the use of goat grazing for fuel removal. Mechanical treatments were also included in
his presentation.
FS Staff Explains Fire History near Private/Federal Land Interface
FireScape Mendocino is a collaboration designed to enable
people with diverse perspectives to find zones of agreement where we can
achieve tangible results in our communities and the surrounding landscape. The
collaboration is facilitated by the Fire Learning Network, which is a
cooperative program of the Forest Service, Department of the Interior
agencies—Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife
Service and National Park Service—and The Nature Conservancy.
2008 Shaded Fuel Break on Forest Service Land
The partnership has a twelve-year track record of helping
to restore our nation’s forests and grasslands and to make communities safer
from fire. All Workshops are open to anyone interested in participating.
*For
more information on FireScape Mendocino, please contact Rick Mowery at
530-934-1175 or Don Amador at 925-625-6287
Paskenta Workshop
participants; Tehama County Resource Conservation District, CAL Fire, California State Parks OHM
Recreation Division, California Wilderness Coalition, Environmental Protection
Information Center (EPIC), Coordinator of Resource Management Plan, Congress
Representative of Doug LaMalfa, Crane Mills, Sierra Pacific, West Ecosystems
Analysis, Tuleyome, Yolo Audubon Society, Blue Ribbon Coalition and the U.S.
Forest Service; Mendocino National Forest.
