If wildfires don’t follow property boundaries, why should we?
Due to most Mendocino County residents living in or near a forest, forest management is urgent to decrease the risk of high severity wildfires. Unlike other counties in California, the majority of Mendocino County is privately owned, with only ~10% of forestland held by public agencies. To address this, local agencies, like the Mendocino County Resource Conservation District (MCRCD), Cal Fire, the Fire Safe Council and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), collaborat