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Shingletown Fuel Break Field Tour

The California Fire Science Consortium & University of California Cooperative Extension present:

Shingletown Fuel Break Field Tour

November 9, 2015, 9 am – 3 pm

This field tour will visit nearby fuel breaks and discuss good and bad examples, fuel
break maintenance, funding and cost-share programs for fuels reduction, methods for fuel break construction and maintenance, and the current status of area fuel breaks.

Field hosts include personnel from:

  • Bear Creek Watershed Group
  • California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
  • California Department of Transportation
  • Natural Resources Conservation Service
  • Sierra Pacific Industries
  • U.S. Forest Service
  • University of California Cooperative Extension/California Fire Science Consortium
  • Western Shasta Resource Conservation District
  • W.M. Beaty & Associates

This event is free!

To sign up, email or call Ryan by November 6: 
rdesantis@ucanr.edu OR 530-224-4900

Meet at Shingletown Rest Area and bring water, lunch, and hiking shoes for the field