Thanks to Marin County residents for passing Measure C. Thanks also to FIRESafe MARIN for organizing chipper days and MWPA for funding. Many neighbors worked over the weekend preparing for the chipper that arrived today.

The new “decoration” on the fork at the fork in the road that would lead to our house if correct turn is taken...

At the Plumas County Wildfire Preparedness Day. Thanks to UCCE Advisor Ryan Tompkins for the invitation to participate!

UCCE Advisor Ryan Tompkins doing some educating about wildfire.

Fire demonstration was informative!

... but for a broom.

First day back in the lookout. Thankful for Nixle alert earlier today informing me about control burn that would be happening today, because there is the smoke! Called dispatch and confirmed.

Gates of the Mountains boat ride today to Mann Gulch, a bit north of Helena MT. Humming James Keelaghan’s “Cold Missouri Waters “ - “… I don’t know why, I just thought it / I struck a match to waist high grass, running out of time…”

Just another day in a Firewise Community…

Photos of the fire near Elmo MT, taken from a dock on Flathead Lake just north of Dayton.

Elmo Fire. Scooping water from Flathead Lake.

Water drops near Dayton MT. Elmo Fire.

A great day to travel to the IAFC WUI Conference in Reno on the California Zephyr. Looking forward to it. Very full train. Has to be good news for AMTRAK.

A great day to travel to the IAFC WUI Conference in Reno on the California Zephyr. Very full train. Good news for AMTRAK.

Nice to see prescribed burns in the county. Thanks Marin County Fire.

Finished additional deck experiments today. Excited to be back in the lab. Thanks to Scott Leavengood and staff at Oregon State U Dept. of Wood Science and Engineering for collaborating and to the USDA Forest Service for funding. Analysis is next…

Thanks to Mark Clark and Scott McIntyre at Hexion R&D (Springfield OR) for the very nice tour and radiant panel exposure test of Hexion ArmorBuilt product.

Second fire demonstration of the day at the Ember Stomp event, Marin County CA. Decking, siding and the importance of an under-deck noncombustible zone.

First day of field tests of a number of mulch products. Thanks to Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority and all of our cooperators!

… all these folks!