California Department of Fish & Wildlife

2022 Wildfire Fuel Reduction Project

Signature Tree Solutions teamed up with Californias Department of Fish and Wildlife to create a plan to execute Wildfire Fuel Reduction in Sonoma, Solano, and Napa County. Creating shaded fuel breaks, defensible space, building clearance, and removal of dead/dying hazardous trees. Utilizing our mechanized equipment to maximize efficiency and safety.

Grizzly Island

SETUP BEFORE REMOVAL OF HAZARDOUS TREES OVER POWER LINES AND INFRASTRUCTURE

SENNEBOGEN 728 UTILIZING ITS 68FT OF REACH

SENNEBOGEN 728 PRECISION REMOVAL OF THE TREE TOP

AFTER ALL TREES HAVE BEEN REMOVED

LARGE TREE BRANCHES BEING REMOVED WITH TOTAL CONTROL

AFTER THE MOST HAZARDOUS TREES IN THE QUAD HAVE BEEN REMOVED

These valued trees were pruned

Starting our shaded fuel break by removing all under brush

Bonus area were we continued our shaded fuel break

After shot were we removed a bunch of Salt Cedars

An area were we created over 100ft of defensible space

After photo of 100ft of defensible space from fuel tanks

Camp 2

Before shot of a large grove of Eucalyptus Trees

Before shot of a large grove of Eucalyptus Trees

Started by mowing an access road

Started by mowing an access road

Staging our brush for our mechanical processing crew.

Staging our brush for our mechanical processing crew.

Starting to make some progress

Starting to make some progress

More progress of the grove getting smaller

More progress of the grove getting smaller

Our felling crew out getting the last bunch of trees.

Our felling crew out getting the last bunch of trees.

Our Sennebogen 718e Tracked machine was the perfect tool for the job

Our Sennebogen 718e Tracked machine was the perfect tool for the job

Our crew members even made the effort to cross the river to remove the final trees

Our crew members even made the effort to cross the river to remove the final trees

Another final product brought to you by Signature Tree Solutions

Another final product brought to you by Signature Tree Solutions

Broadcasted the chips on the mowed road to help with regrowth

Broadcasted the chips on the mowed road to help with regrowth

Day Island

Before photo 1

After photo 1 of a Shaded Fuel Break

After photo 1 of a Shaded Fuel Break

Before Photo 2

After Photo 2

Before photo 3

After photo 3 created vegetation building clearance and defensible space

After photo 3 created vegetation building clearance and defensible space

Before photo 4

After photo 4

100ft of defensible space

100ft of defensible space

100ft of defensible space

100ft of defensible space

Yountville Fisheries Base

Before Photo 1

After photo 1

Before photo

Large piles of trees staged for our mechanized processing crew

Large piles of trees staged for our mechanized processing crew

More large piles of vegetation staged for our processing crew

More large piles of vegetation staged for our processing crew

Our processing crew filling up our 42ft trailer to get hauled off site

Our processing crew filling up our 42ft trailer to get hauled off site

More piles of vegetation staged for our processing crew.

More piles of vegetation staged for our processing crew.

More piles of vegetation staged for our processing crew.

More piles of vegetation staged for our processing crew.