Yuba Watershed Protection and Fire Safe Council

Yuba Water Agency has supported capacity building for the Yuba Watershed Protection and Fire Safe Council since 2014 through funding of the council coordinator/executive director position, as well as through grant funding for projects. Current projects the Fire Safe Council is working on include:

• Completing California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements for Roadside Vegetation and Fuels Reduction project 
• Completing Willow Glen Roadside Clearing Project implementation 
• Development of procedures for the Wildfire Mitigation Review Program for Yuba County homeowners
• Additional collaboration in Yuba County with the Yuba Resource Conservation District, Camptonville Community Partnership and PG&E
• Working to set up additional Fire Wise Communities across Yuba County
• Grant application assistance for PG&E Wildfire Ready and Resilient Grant Program to start a local home hardening cost-share program

The Fire Safe Council includes rural fire districts, watch tower volunteers, Cal Fire, Plumas National Forest, Yuba Water, community group representatives and the general public. The council meets monthly via Zoom.

For more information or to get involved email Executive Director Allison Thomson or visit the Fire Safe Council's website.