FIELD NOTES
CrewCuts
What the people doing this work are reading. Derek from C.R.E.W. shares wildfire policy, restoration research, and reporting from the Ojai Valley region and Ventura County, each with a short excerpt, a note on why it matters to the work here, and a link to the publisher. Every piece is credited to the people who wrote it.
Reid Austin goes to the Ventura Land Trust
Edison International profiled crew supervisor Reid Austin as he left for a land steward job. That is what the program is for.
What the state says works in chaparral country
The state's own account of what lowers fire risk where we work. Defensible space around structures and maintained fuel breaks in the right places.
The cost of clearing past 100 feet
Our defensible space work runs to 100 feet from the structure. That is the 30 meters this study lands on.
Sixth graders at the base of Matilija Dam
Once Upon a Watershed takes students to the base of Matilija Dam so they see the problem before anyone explains it.