Planned Prescribed Fire Projects on the Upper Paradise Ridge
This fall and winter, good fire, in the form of broadcast burns and pile burning, will be part of the Butte County Fire Safe Council’s forest health resilience efforts in[…]
Event Lookback- Oroville Grazing Workshop 9/21/24
By Sarah Jo McDowell Program Manager, Butte County Fire Safe Council What a magical day we had on Saturday, September 21st at our 2nd Grazing Workshop, held at the freshly[…]
The Chipper Program Turned 21!
By Calli-Jane West Executive Advisor, Butte County Fire Safe Council The Butte County Fire Safe Council’s (BCFSC) Chipper Program has been providing wildfire safety vegetation chipping with its no-cost services[…]
Walk with a Forester- Butte Creek Canyon
Walk with a Forester #3 – Butte Creek Canyon September 10, 2024 Approximately 30 residents from around Butte County and beyond gathered in the shade of live oaks near Butte[…]
Cohasset and Forest Ranch Project Maps with Park Fire Impacts
Map Narration from BCFSC Director of Forest Health, Jim Houtman Download Cohasset Map: Download Forest Ranch Map:
From the NYT: Half Their Land Burned in a Decade: The California Counties Constantly on Fire
Featured in the New York Times 8/15/2024 “In California, decades of fire suppression policies have exacerbated the issue, leaving behind overgrown thickets of vegetation. Much of the area in the[…]
Park Fire: fuel reduction helped minimize the impacts in Cohasset
Action News Now 08/02/24 “BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. – The Butte County Fire Safe Council believes some of its work helped minimize the Park Fire’s impacts in Cohasset. Action News Now spoke[…]
Energy company founded locally: OroCarbo anticipates opening in 2026 to process biomass
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Press Release: Butte County, CA Issued BDO Zone ‘BBB’ Rating For Woody Biomass
Download Press Release: Learn more about the Bioeconomy Development Opportunity (BDO) Zone Initiative.
Event Lookback: Celebrating the 3rd Annual Paradise Grazing Festival
Photo Credit: Sam Steadman Paradise, CA June 2nd, 2024 The Butte County Fire Safe Council, local grazers, and over 100 goats celebrated the kick-off to summer with the return of[…]
In the News: Fuel breaks saved lives during the Camp Fire. They can spare California from future devastation
OpEd from Stirling City’s Firewise USA leader, John Hawkins Download: