Newsroom
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Cleaner Burn Overview and FAQs
This Frequently Asked Questions FAQ document provides a great intro to Cleaner Burn, including its definition, benefits, options, and use in Napa County. The Napa Valley Grapegrowers provides excellent information
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Cleaner Burn Best Practices
Low Smoke 6 Steps (English) & Low Smoke 6 Steps (Spanish) Join Napa RCD, Napa Green, Sonoma Biochar Initiative, and Pacific Biochar for a workshop about the benefits of biochar
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Cleaner Burn Permits and Regulatory
The permissive burn season for Vineyard/Orchard Pruning and Attrition fires runs from November 1 through April 30. Orchard Pruning and Attrition fires are agricultural fires set for the purpose of
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Cleaner Burn Agencies & Expert Help
Private Contractors: Photo courtesy of Napa Valley Grapegrowers
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Cleaner Burn Technology & Equipment
This document contains pictures and descriptions of a wide range of wood processing and Cleaner Burn equipment: Photo courtesy of Sonoma Biochar Initiative
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Rural Cleaner Burn
Rural landowners may also make use of Cleaner Burn strategies to reduce smoke and eliminate biomass effectively but during certain times of the year, when fire danger is high, rural
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Cleaner Burn = Biochar
Biochar is the lightweight black residue, made of carbon and ashes, remaining after Cleaner Burns of biomass. Biochar captures the carbon from within biomass so that it does not escape
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Reducing Hazardous Fuel Loads for Forest Health & Wildfire Risk Reduction
The goal is to improve the health of this important forest while reducing a wildfire’s intensity as it approaches the community of Angwin
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Linda Cantey Named 2023 Woman of the Year
Cantey has devoted many years of volunteer work to a range of different initiatives: wildfire prevention, land conservation and supporting disadvantaged students, according to a news release.