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Debbie Gibbs | Other Voices Is there an alternative to burn piles for vegetation removal? Our skies are hazy as residents in unincorporated Nevada County incinerate their vegetation. Inhale at your own risk these days. This year has the lowest moisture content ever recorded for this date, so soon the annual burning window will close. But the debate is hot. Some claim a small burn pile on your property on a windless day with a hose at ready, reduces wildfire vulnerability. But often property owners lose control of burn piles. Even the experienced are caught off-guard with an errant gust of win...

City in California employs goats to clear riverbed of overgrown brush By: KSBY Staff and last updated 2021-05-06 21:25:23-04 PASO ROBLES, Calif. — The City of Paso Robles is turning hungry animals loose in the Salinas Riverbed to reduce the wildfire risk. Goats will be grazing over the next month or so. They're starting from the north and going south, clearing two to three acres a day. On Tuesday, there were upwards of 100 goats munching away at the overgrown, fire-ready grasses in the fire-prone hot spot of the Salinas Riverbed. "They really like thistle, and that's one ...

The City of Paso Robles is turning hungry animals loose in the Salinas Riverbed to reduce the wildfire risk.

San Diego County, Los Angeles County, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Sacramento, Ventura County, Sonoma County , El Dorado County, Mendocino County, Santa Clara County, Nevada County, Mountain Rim, Ojai Valley, and other cities. Through a partnership with Advanced Logistics, and California Conservation Corps, each Trailer is custom built to accommodate tools, safety equipment, prevention and mitigation essentials, and will be filled with $10,000 in critical supplies to execute impactful local community projects for wildfire prevention and mitigation. The Wildfire Preparedness Toolkits ex...

Forty-year rural Nevada County resident John LeLange looks out over his 11-acre property Wednesday off Dixon Road that was recently masticated and abated of fire prone vegetation. LeLange’s property sits within the Ponderosa West Grass Valley Defense Zone shaded fuel break. Photo: Elias Funez The Ponderosa West Grass Valley Defense Zone project is close to wrapping up, with about 907 acres of land having been cleared of potential wildfire fuel out of a target of 1,200 acres. An additional 60 acres are expected to be cleared by the end of April, with homeowners in these parcels having agreed...