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Providing ongoing road brushing along 30 miles of forest roads within the Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF) for CAL FIRE. This work maintains and enhances fire access and safety across key corridors in the state forest. We are using our CAT 309 excavator equipped with a masticator to mechanically treat encroaching vegetation. At 48,652 acres, JDSF is California’s largest state-owned working forest, and we’re proud to support its long-term management.

Selected by the Mendocino County Fire Safe Council, Noyo Forestry is nearing completion of a fuel reduction project along Albion Ridge Road, the community’s main evacuation route. The work is focused on reducing ladder fuels and hazardous vegetation to improve emergency access and wildfire resilience. Using hand crews equipped with chainsaws and pole saws, we are selectively thinning brush and small-diameter trees, and limbing larger trees for vertical clearance. Cut material is chipped and hauled off-site. 

Providing ongoing vegetation management and hazard tree removal along the railroad right-of-way between Fort Bragg and Willits for the California Western Railroad (Skunk Train). Using our CAT 309 excavators equipped with boom-mounted masticators, we mechanically treat encroaching vegetation and trees to improve visibility, maintain fire access, and mitigate fire risk. The California Western Railroad is a historic 135-year-old, 40-mile rail line through Mendocino County’s redwood forests, serving as a common carrier for both passenger excursions and freight service. 

The 2024 road maintenance contracts for the Mendocino Redwood Company (MRC) primarily focused on right-of-way maintenance across active timberlands. Work included approximately eight miles of road brushing to support active timber harvest plans, ensuring safe and efficient access for timber operations. Crews also cleared storm blowdown along four miles of roads, installed and removed temporary crossings to maintain seasonal access, and completed post-harvest cleanup on roughly fifteen acres adjacent to residential properties. These efforts improved fire safety, enhanced site resiliency, and prepared areas for future restocking and replanting of timber crops. 

Performed road brushing on forest access roads using both an excavator-mounted masticator and bucket brushing methods to improve visibility and access across working forestlands. The Conservation Fund is a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to both environmental preservation and economic development. Through its Working Forests program, it has placed over 500,000 acres under conservation management between 2008 and 2018, ensuring the long-term protection of productive forestlands. 

Subcontracted by Myers & Sons Construction for an ongoing CALTRANS emergency project in Westport. Using our Bandit 20XP tracked chipper and CAT 309 excavator, we processed woody debris piles located in CALTRANS spoil sites. We also utilized our log screw attachment on the CAT 309, which allows us to split logs and stumps over 22 inches in diameter that would otherwise not fit in the chipper—enabling us to process all material on site. The woodchips were transported with our Peterbilt 567 and end dump trailer to Westport Union Landing, where they were used for erosion control by Myers & Sons. 

Performed cone collection of grand fir trees for Central Coast Wilds Nursery as part of an ongoing CALTRANS restoration project. The cones, collected by our climber from select coastal trees, will be used to grow seedlings for replanting along Highway 1 on the Mendocino Coast, including areas such as the Jack Peters Creek Bridge construction site. This project supports native species propagation and long-term habitat restoration along California’s coastal corridor. 

Completed a tight-access hazard tree removal on a steep embankment with Highway 1 below and hotel rooms directly above. The site was surrounded by poison oak and had no equipment access, requiring all work to be performed manually. Large dead and dying pine trees were rigged down in sections, with all limbs and brush hand-hauled off the slope and chipped on site. Large-diameter stems were processed for firewood, leaving the area safe and clean with minimal disturbance to the property.