Wildfire Home Hardening and Defensible Space Workshop in San Benito County

Jul 13, 2021

Home Hardening

Join the Central Coast Prescribed Burn Association (calpba.org) and UC Cooperative Extension Saturday July 31stfor 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 toolsbroadcast burning, pile burning, targeted grazing, mechanical (saws, chipping, mastication etc.) 

Defensible spacethe 5' to 30' to 100' zones

Home hardeningkeeping your home safe in a ground fire or ember-cast fire

Access and egress: Making safe egress for you and access for firefighters

Native speciesthe 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.


By Devii R. Rao
Author - San Benito County Director and Area Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor

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