La Honda Fuel Break Project Description CAL FIRE envisioned a strategic 19-mile (approximately 100,000 feet) fuel break around the community of La Honda to reduce the risk of fire, which the RCD is implementing. La Honda is in the predominantly high-fire risk south...
Neighborhood Chipper Program The Neighborhood Chipper Program assists residents in maintaining defensible space by providing no-cost chipping to select neighborhoods vulnerable to wildfire. The program is based on a “you cut, we chip” model. After clearing brush and...
Año Nuevo Wetland Restoration Project The Año Nuevo Wetland Restoration Project restores degraded habitats that once supported a variety of wildlife species, including the California red-legged frog (CRLF, Rana draytonii) and the San Francisco garter snake (SFGS,...
Camp Butano Forest Health Project Summary In 2019 San Mateo Resource Conservation District, in collaboration with CAL FIRE and the Girl Scouts of Northern California, developed a high priority fuel reduction treatment project at the Girl Scouts of Northern California...
Quarry Park Shaded Fuel Break The San Mateo RCD has partnered with San Mateo County Parks to create approximately 49 acres of shaded fuel breaks and 100 acres of hazard trees removal along fire roads within Quarry Park in the community of El Granada. The project is...
