Mail Ridge Wildfire Resilience Project 

Beginning Implementation & Plans for 2026 Since our last issue of Forest & River News, implementation on Mail Ridge has begun as part of the Southern Humboldt Forest Health Project. Throughout the winter, fuels crews from Briceland Fire, Native Health in Native Hands, and Hybrid Indigenous Stewardship (HIS) treated oak woodland and timber units, performed…

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Forest Health and Fire Resources Update

Night Ops on Old Briceland Ridge Rx Burn. Participating Agencies: Briceland VFD, Telegraph Ridge VFD, Shelter Cove VFD, Humboldt County Prescribed Burn Association, CAL FIRE, Student Association for Fire Ecology. Photo by Damien Roomets

Spring 2025 By Chelsea Sproul, Fire Resources Coordinator Trees Foundation’s Forest Health and Fire Resources Program has been hard at work on multiple fronts, including coordinating current fuel reduction projects like the Shelter Cove Wildfire Resilience and Community Defense Project (SCWRCDP), conducting community outreach and organizing around projects like the Mail Ridge Shaded Fuel Break,…

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