As licensed, bonded, & insured contractors (CSLB C-49 Lic. # 1148726) in the fire & fuels sector- we provide equipment & personnel to implement effective fuels reduction projects.

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Our fuels technicians are licensed sawyers & heavy equipment operators, educated as environmental scientists (able to identify sensitive plants & habitat conditions), and highly motivated as blue-collar laborers with a strong work-ethic founded in over a decade of collective experience on the frontlines of wildfires, as federal firefighters (hotshots) observing thousands of hours of fire behavior across vegetation types/terrains in the western U.S.

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Our "fuels-outfit" (Wet Meadows) helps public & private landowners turn overstocked & mismanaged "dog-haired thickets" into healthy forests safe from catastrophic wildfire conditions using a forestry mulching strategy.

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Forestry mulching provides many integrated long-term benefits....​

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• Reduced risks of property damage from high-severity wildfire conditions via reduction of  fuel loading in the understory & removal of the "fire-ladder" into the canopy

• Reduced stocking rate (stems per acre) reduces competition for resources between trees, & encourages development of a mature forest (old growth-like) w/ higher drought-tolerance & resilience to insects/disease 

• Increased access to sunlight on the forest floor encourages a more complex soil microbiology (fungi) & provides conditions for native herbaceous understory 

• Improved roosting & foraging habitat for resident & migratory bird species 

• Improved habitat for native pollinators

• Improved forage & browsing material for ungulates (deer, elk, cow) & other wildlife species​​

• Mulching promotes stabilization of carbon in the soil, increases soil moisture content, & reduces exotics ("weeds")​​

• Mulching makes it possible to utilize "good-fire", grazing & silvopasture in future management decisions