The following is a press release issued by the Center for Environmental Inquiry at Sonoma State University:
Are you interested in learning more about good fire, prescribed and cultural fire, and its use on your land? The Center for Environmental Inquiry at Sonoma State University is producing a series of public education events sponsored by the Mendocino County Fire Safe Council. Join us to learn more about good fire.
The first in the series is a virtual Zoom meeting on Thursday, March 28, from 5:00 – 6:30 pm. Entitled Is Fire the Right Tool for Your Job, this event will help you understand the reasons to burn and then envision the impact prescribed fire could have on your land to help you decide if you want to consider it.
The second event, How to Prepare Your Land for Good Fire, will be in person at the Galbreath Wildlands Preserve in Yorkville, southern Mendocino County, on Saturday, April 13 from 2:00 – 4:00 pm. The focus will be on how to prepare for using good fire to achieve your management objectives. Registration for this one is very limited.
The last of the series will deal with documentation requirements and other prerequisites needed to get good fire on your land. The date and time are to be determined.
Expert presentations will be provided by Andres Avila, fire chief of the Anderson Valley Fire Department; Sasha Berleman, director of Audubon Canyon Ranch’s Fire Forward program; and Mike Jones, forestry advisor for Mendocino, Lake and Sonoma counties at the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, and chair of the Mendocino County Prescribed Burn Association.
For more information and to register, go to cei.sonoma.edu/Rx-burn.
The events are all free of charge and registration is required.
