Join the Central Coast Prescribed Burn Association (calpba.org) and UC Cooperative Extension Saturday July 31st, for a Wildfire Home Hardening and Defensible Space workshop and work party at San Juan Canyon, in San Benito County. Click here for the flyer.
The morning will be spent covering:
Local history: Native cultural burning and brush encroachment
Current situation: climate change and fuel build up
Land stewardship tools: broadcast burning, pile burning, targeted grazing, mechanical (saws, chipping, mastication etc.)
Defensible space: the 5' to 30' to 100' zones
Home hardening: keeping your home safe in a ground fire or ember-cast fire
Access and egress: Making safe egress for you and access for firefighters
Native species: the good, the bad
Invasive species: and the ugly
Pathogens: Sudden oak death, Pine bark beetle, Monterey pine canker
Solutions: Love, consistency and hard work!
In the afternoon we will have a voluntary work party, where you utilize your new skills and help out a local resident.
Cost is $10. Scholarships are available, so no one will be turned away if they can not pay.
Class size: 45 participants max
Register at: https://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=35270
Covid-19: To keep everyone safe, please stay home if you have symptoms or have been in close contact to someone who has COVID-19. Cleaning/hygienic practices must be maintained. Hand sanitizer will be available at the workshop.
Author - San Benito County Director and Area Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor
Attached Files: