Help Reduce Wildfire Fuels at Riddell Preserve

Help Reduce Wildfire Fuels

Riddell Preserve, Healdsburg 

It's wildfire fuels reduction time on Riddell Preserve, the 400-acre preserve west of Healdsburg's West Dry Creek Road, managed by LandPaths for more than a decade. You can help us keep the local forest healthy and resilient in the chance that a wildfire comes through the preserve. This is especially important now that wildfire season has officially started with the Point Fire coming not too far from Riddell Preserve. 

• Hiking up and down moderate slopes 
• Trimming small branches off Douglas Fir and Bay trees with hand saws, pole saws, or loppers 
• Felling small Douglas Fir trees with small hand-saws and loppers 
• Moving woody material to the trail 
• We'll provide the gloves, tools, and tool training! 

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. 

Directions: From Highway 101 North, take the Central Healdsburg Exit. and make a slight left on Healdsburg Avenue.  Turn left onto Mill Street.  Continue under the highway overpass as Mill Street turns into Westside Road. The Corporation Yard parking lot will be on the left immediately before the bridge crossing at the intersection of Westside Rd and Lucius Way. There is a "Corporation Yard" sign at the entrance to the parking lot.           
   
From Highway 101 South, take the Westside Exit and turn right on Westside Rd.  The Corporation Yard parking lot will be on the left immediately before the bridge crossing at the intersection of Westside Rd and Lucius Way.    

Weather-Related Cancellations: 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.  

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 recommended 
• Your own work gloves  
• Hat and sunscreen 

What else do you need to know? 

• We will provide tools, extra water, and snacks. 
• 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.
• Restroom on site
• No potable water is available on the property. Make sure to fill up your water bottle ahead of time. 
• No pets or smoking.