BCFSC Newsletter- July 2025
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In The News
BCFSC’s Taylor Nilsson Featured on Life with Fire Podcast
Last week, our BCFSC Executive Director Taylor Nilsson was featured on the nationally recognized “Life with Fire” podcast, sharing insights on community wildfire resilience and recovery as the third and
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‘SNC-funded fuel treatments protected Butte County communities from Park Fire’ – Sierra Nevada Conservancy
From Sierra Nevada Conservancy Read Online ‘Funded by SNC, the BCFSC spearheads key work’ “The BCFSC and the SNC have been working together for over a decade to make
‘Butte County Fire Safety Council completes over 30 wildfire mitigation projects in 2024’ – Action News Now
Read Online In 2024, we treated a total of 3,094 acres and completed 30+ projects. 568 of these acres on federal lands and 2,526 acres on private lands—milestones that
‘California’s deadliest wildfire devastated this town. Now an insurer is eager to return’ – SF Chronicle
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‘Larger-scale prescribed burn project continues around Magalia’ – Chico ER
Larger-scale prescribed burn project continues around Magalia By JAKE HUTCHISON | [email protected] | Chico Enterprise-Record Read online Download Article: Chico ER 12.2.2024 Pile Burning Magalia
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‘How prescribed fire can mitigate disaster’ – Chico ER
How prescribed fire can mitigate disaster By JAKE HUTCHISON | [email protected] | Chico Enterprise-Record Read online Download Article:
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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
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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:
Berry Creek recertified as a Firewise USA Community
Live in Berry Creek? Download the certificate to use as proof of living in an “In Good Standing” Firewise USA community for an insurance discount. Download: “Berry Creek is now
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“Fire Safe Council invites community to new building”
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Bille Park neighborhood becomes first Firewise neighborhood in Paradise
“Bille Park neighborhood in Paradise is now the first Firewise neighborhood in the town. A total 42 homes located on the west side of Oliver road, between Bille Park road
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PRPD Celebrates 75th Anniversary in Bille Park
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