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We need your help prepping the land for fire season. By volunteering on the land with us, you help keep the forests happy, healthy, and resilient. 

• Trimming and felling small branches off Douglas Fir, California Bay, and Oak trees with light forestry tools such as a handsaw  

• Pulling French Broom seedlings by hand (very satisfying!)  

• Removing old-growth French broom shrubs with a saw or weed wrench 

• Placing woody material into piles 

About Riddell Preserve: 

With its magnificent native grasslands, pure madrone stands, redwood fairy rings, and perennial springs, Riddell Preserve is a 400-acre wonderland above Dry Creek Valley in Healdsburg. LandPaths has stewarded the land since 2007 when it was donated by Kay and Bob Riddell. Riddell Preserve is located on the original homeland of the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians. LandPaths' stewardship staff and volunteers began work on a trail system in 2016. An access road was rebuilt in 2017. We continue to expand the trail system every year thanks to the help of dedicated volunteers like you!

Where to Meet: Meet LandPaths' staff and other volunteers in the parking lot of the Healdsburg Corporation Yard at 550 Westside Rd, Healdsburg, CA 95448. Once everyone arrives we will caravan to the preserve. Please arrive on time. We ask that you register ahead of time so we know that you're coming. 

What should you bring? 

• Picnic lunch, snacks & plenty of water, backpack to hold your gear
• Sturdy boots or shoes that can get muddy
• Long pants 
• Your own work gloves  
• Hat and sunscreen 
• Hand sanitizer

What else do you need to know? 

• Expect to do a 1.5-mile round-trip hike up a steep but well-graded trail to the project site. 
• You will be asked to sign a liability waiver.
• No restroom onsite
• No potable water available on the property. Make sure to fill up your water bottle ahead of time. 
• No pets or smoking. 

Does rain mean the workday is canceled? The stewardship workday will move forward if there is a light drizzle, but a torrential rainstorm will cancel.  Please call 707-544-7284 (then press 1) after 7am the morning of the stewardship day if the weather feels questionable. If you don't hear a notice of cancellation on the outgoing voice message, the stewardship day is moving forward.  

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