Wildfire mitigation Archives • The Mendocino Voice

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Columns & Opinion

Your Mendocino County Garden: August

by Roger Coryell August 10, 2026August 11, 2026

The month the garden and the fire season turn out to be the same conversation — and what to do about that echium.

Fire & Emergency

Fire Safe Council opens micro-grant program for wildfire preparedness

by Mendo Voice Staff March 2, 2026March 2, 2026

At least $100,000 in funding available for Neighborhood Fire Safe Councils, Firewise Communities and local fire agencies.

A crew of workers in high-visibility jackets and hard hats cut and clear a fallen tree on a steep, wooded hillside, surrounded by tall trees, leaf-covered ground, and dappled sunlight filtering through the forest canopy.

Fire & Emergency

Brooktrails finds a path to treat hazardous vegetation on private parcels

by Sarah Reith January 21, 2026January 21, 2026

A collaboration between the Fire Safe Council, township officials and the California Conservation Corps is addressing overgrown parcels that threaten nearby homes.

Two men stand on a forested hillside; one leans against a tree while the other gestures upward with one hand and holds a large folder or board in the other, surrounded by dense woods and fallen leaves.

Fire & Emergency

Fuel break project strengthens wildfire protection for Ukiah and Mendocino Coast

by Sarah Reith November 14, 2025November 15, 2025

Mendocino County Fire Safe Council is partnering with Mendocino Redwood Company to thin trees and understory in western Ukiah. Now they’re asking landowners to do their part.