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Calling all Volunteers!

October 20th, 2013 9:00a.m. to 3:00p.m.

Caring for the Land

Helping your Neighbors

Volunteer participants are encouraged to

join us any time between 9:00 a.m. and

3:00p.m. If you can’t make it for the

whole time, come on down anyway!

Many hands make light work!

If you are interested in volunteering at

this fun and helpful event, please Shasta

Valley RCD Watershed Coordinator, Kara

Baylog, for directions and to be included

in lunch plans!

530-926-2259

Strawberria@gmail.com

Thamar Wherrit is a

conservation and

forest stewardship

champion caring for

almost 600 acres of

beautiful, visible

forest lands just

west of Mount

Shasta City. She is currently working with the

Siskiyou Land Trust to put a conservation easement

on her property and with the Shasta Valley RCD to

improve forest health and protect against the risk of

fire. 600 acres can be overwhelming for anybody,

so lets come together and help out our neighbor!

Want to do something to help Forests and improve

Fire Resiliency of the Community?

Want to help an elderly landowner keep her forest

healthy and safe?

Join us for a day in the woods!

Clean Ground fuels

•Remove dead and down logs, branches and sticks to remove a

path for fire

Thin Regeneration

•Thing dense patches of young trees to help the

remaining trees grow strong and healthy

Meadow Restoration

•Remove conifer encroachment in meadows for

habitat

Hardwood Restoration

•Remove conifer encroachment to help oaks,

dogwoods, maples and other trees stay healthy

Road Cleanup

•Remove fuels around roads to provide safe and easy

access in the event of a fire

Burning Fuels

•Burn off piles of dead wood during wet winter months to take

away fuels for fires in the summer