🔥 A bipartisan bill introduced in California would expand prescribed and cultural burning by easing certification rules, expanding liability protections, and opening state support to tribes and local burn groups.

https://mendovoice.com/2026/02/north-coast-lawmaker-introduces-good-fire-act-on-prescribed-burning/?utm_campaign=tmv&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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🌲 Mendocino County forest landowners may be eligible for funding to improve forest health and reduce wildfire risk through a regional forest improvement program.

Eligible projects include tree thinning, fuels reduction and defensible space work on qualifying private forestland. Applications are due Feb. 13.

https://mendovoice.com/2026/01/forest-improvement-funding-available-for-mendocino-county-landowners/?utm_campaign=tmv&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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Well, next week is going to be a blur. Helping support a damage assessment, speaking on a wildfire panel at a utility conference, and making a trip to see some family after a crisis.

Glad that we have some mild weather compared to what could hit the East, but I would do unmentionable things to get some snow out here.

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🌲 Brooktrails is addressing wildfire risk by clearing hazardous vegetation on private, undeveloped parcels through a new multi-agency process. The effort aims to protect homes and improve community fire safety.

https://mendovoice.com/2026/01/brooktrails-finds-a-path-to-treat-hazardous-vegetation-on-private-parcels/?utm_campaign=tmv&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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Tonight the @conejoopenspace board voted 5-0 to remove 23 Mexican fan palms from open space west of Lynn between Arboles and Flores, near Shenandoah.

VCFD recommended the removals because these trees contain highly flammable dead fronds and can send burning embers flying.

COSCA is seeking funding for the eventual removal of all Mexican fan palms and arundo grass, both non-native species, from the roughly 12,700 acres of open space it manages.

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