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Shaded Fuel Break
In partnership with Napa Firewise, crews are in the Circle Oaks Community east Napa, reopening a perimeter shaded fuel break
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Weekly News Round Up (April 14, 2023)
NVV is the largest private donor supporting Napa County’s Community Wildfire Protection Plan. Money gifted came through the Collective Napa
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Napa Firewise helps make homes safer from wildfires
Cal Fire Battalion Chief JC Greenberg calls Napa Firewise’s Defensible Space and Reflect to Protect programs ‘critical’ for making Napa County safer, as they relaunch with grant funding to boost wildfire resilience and emergency access.
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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 and videos about Cleaner Burn practices. It includes the work of a task force and numerous resource guides 2017 Napa Valley Register article about Napa…
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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 and the process of creating and performing both a conservation pile burn and a flame cap kiln conservation burn. The conservation burn workshop includes a…
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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 disposing of periodic prunings or attrition losses from fruit trees, nut trees, vineyards, and cane fruits. These fires are limited to materials grown on-site and…
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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 debris burning of dead vegetation is unsafe. Homeowners should always check with their local CAL FIRE station and local air quality management agency before burning.…