NEWS RELEASE: Prescribed burning planned near Magalia on Plumas National Forest Tomorrow
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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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In the News from Chico ER – “Butte Fire Safe Council Holds 18th Safety Summit”
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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
‘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:
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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In the News: Fuel breaks saved lives during the Camp Fire. They can spare California from future devastation
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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[…]
“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[…]
Chico conducts annual upper Bidwell Park control burn
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Little Chico Creek neighbors create Fire Safe Council due to high fire danger
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