Start Early
As vegetation starts to dry out after heavy winter rains, spring is a critical time to perform fuel modification for fire protection planning ahead of the hot and dry summer. “Focus on reducing the amount of fuel available to a wildfire by removing dead and dying plants, highly flammable species, dense vegetation, and “ladder” fuels that reach tree canopies,” said Michael Huff, Dudek’s principal fire protection planner.
Read more on Dudek’s blog.