Berry Creek – Tyme Maidu and Land Management Tour
On Tuesday, October 8th, participants of ranging ages and backgrounds joined a tour hosted by the Butte County Collaborative Groups (BCCG) series in an informative hike over Bald Rock in[…]
Education
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[…]
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[…]
Feather River Forest Health 35/45 Tour
As we drive into the foothills east of Oroville, we are met with the familiar rolling yellow-gold hills of Northern California. The forest starts to encroach as we go, and[…]
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[…]
Biological Survey Training Class For Staff
On March 21, 2024, we attended a Biological Survey Training Class to learn the process of scoping, surveying, protecting, and documenting locations of sensitive species (plants and animals) prior to[…]
Field Coordinator Fridays: Episode 2
What have Butte County Fire Safe Council’s field coordinators been up to? In this episode of “Field Coordinator Fridays”, Matison and Ed give a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into[…]
BCFSC Attends Butte County Collaborative Group Tour at the BCCER!
Coasting up HWY 32 in cruise control, it’s easy to miss the turnoff for the Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve (BCCER). If you do manage to turn on to 14[…]
Strategic Fuel Breaks: From the ‘Home Zone’ to the WUI
No matter where we may live, as we look out our window, we’ll see the ‘home zone’ directly around us. In forestry terms, it’s the area we’d want to remove[…]
Press Release: Ready at the Library
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Coming Soon! WILDLAND FIRE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (WFAP)- A Train the Trainers Workshop
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The Inaugural Paradise Grazing Festival coming to Paradise June 11th
SAVE THE DATE! The Inaugural Paradise Grazing Festival is coming to Paradise Saturday, June 11th. This event will be hosted by the Butte County Fire Safe Council and Paradise Recreation[…]
The Butte Forested Watersheds Plan
From the Butte County Resource Conservation District: The Butte Forested Watersheds Plan (“Butte Forests Plan” for short) is our local forest health community’s collaborative vision for “the next forest.” Summarizing[…]
Butte County Chapter 38A Defensible Space Requirements
Learn more: https://www.buttecounty.net/fire/Firefacilities/Prevention/defensible-space (2 pages)
Biochar in the Woods Workshop
Forest workers make biochar in a kiln on a property in Paradise, CA in January 2020. (Photo Credit: WilsonBiochar.com) What: A combination of live, online and in-field presentations and demonstrations[…]
Forest Health Tour – Forest Ranch – Benefits of Prescribed Fire
Please plan to join us on Monday, December 13, in Forest Ranch to learn about the many benefits of prescribed fire! Please RSVP by clicking HERE or by calling our[…]
2021 Wildfire Safety Summit – Save the Date!
See below for more information on this year’s Wildfire Safety Summit. Wednesday, December 1st from 9am – 11am. We will hear from six speakers with a chance for Q&A after[…]