Newsroom
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Napa Firewise and Napa Valley Vintners Urge Caution Amidst Harvest 2024
Napa Firewise and Napa Valley Vintners issue critical reminder about heightened risk of human-caused wildfires during wildfire season and beyond.
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American Canyon Newell Open Space Preserve Grazing
Grazing with sheep to manage wildfire fuels in the Newell Open Space Preserve began on Friday, May 17th, 2024.
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Pile Burning
All around Napa County, fire is one of the tools being used to reduce wildfire fuels. Napa Firewise and partners have pile burns for 15 locations.
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Your Burning Questions: Winter Defensible Space
Winter is a great time to work on your Defensible Space. Selectively cutting and piling excess vegetation to reduce the amount of flammable material is an essential step in safeguarding your home from wildfire.
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Have you ‘herd’ about the Silverado grazing project?
A herd/flock of 600 goats and sheep have been hard at work, eating down the dry grasses and shrubs to maintain the fuel break around the Silverado Community
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Napa County names Shew as its First Fire Administrator
Napa County has made another investment in wildfire resiliency by hiring the first Napa County Fire Administrator: David Shew.
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Napa Firewise CEO – Joe Nordlinger
With the benefit of mild summer weather and a wet ’22/’23 winter, Napa County avoided large wildfires this season. Summers like these are needed for the community to press our advantage
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Star Editorial: Maintaining a culture of fire readiness
Star Editorial Board Nov 15, 2023 Q: Given this week’s rain, and this summer’s lack of serious threat, when can St. Helenans put fire readiness on the back burner? A:
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Veterans Home Fire Break
The western perimeter of the Veterans Home campus is exposed to rugged steep hillsides of unmanaged and densely overgrown vegetation. This fuel break project will help defend the Vets Home