Butte County Fire Safe Council
Because the safety of our communities and the health of our landscapes are inseparable.
We help protect lives, preserve the forests we love, and foster the shared responsibility it takes to thrive in a fire-adapted landscape. Through community education and landscape-scale forest health projects, we build resilience from the ground up.
About the Council*Data as of April 2026
BCFSC, in collaboration with Plumas National Forest of the U.S. Forest Service and the Department of Agriculture, will carry out fuels reduction on 35.7 acres along Coutolenc Road in Magalia to prepare the landscape for prescribed fire.
Funds raised will support year-round wildfire prevention, resilience, and recovery across landscapes at risk.
Inside a 130-acre fuels reduction project near Paradise Lake - what our contracted crews cleared, why it matters for fire spread and forest health, and a link to the Chico Enterprise-Record's coverage.
I personally witnessed how the fire, which initially raced up Mud Creek Canyon as a crown fire, transformed when it encountered areas where the forest had been thinned. In these treated areas, the flames dropped to the ground, making them far more manageable for CAL FIRE. Their hard work, combined with the Fire Safe Council's commitment to reducing the fuel load throughout Cohasset, played a crucial role in saving large portions of our community.
Every dollar goes toward fuel reduction, education, and building fire-resilient communities.
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