May News: Volunteers Needed for CWPP and WERP! Cobb Forest & Fire Summit,County Wildfire Preparedness Day
- Shasta McBride
- 12 hours ago
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Calendar of 2026 Upcoming Events
June 6th: Cobb Watershed Education and Restoration Program - Phase 2 Public Kickoff, The Little Red Schoolhouse
June 13: Community Wildfire Protection Plan Citizen Science Ground Truth Team Training
July 3rd: Cobb Forest Stewardship Committee of the Cobb Area Council, public invited
Jul 11: 2nd annual Cobb Forest Summit, invitation coming soon
July 18: Cobb Watershed Creek Workshop #1, Mandala Springs, open to the public, Saturday
August 29: COBBler Festival
September 19: Cobb Watershed Creek Workshop #2 at Boggs Forest - open to the public, Saturday
June 6th: Cobb Watershed Education and Restoration Program, Little Red Schoolhouse
Attention Creekside property owners: You are invited to a two-hour conversation with your neighbors and local creek ecology experts and tribal land stewards to discuss the Cobb Creek ecosystem's health; a key to a healthy fire ecology.
Free event, hot Mountain High Coffee and snacks provided.
Time & Location
Jun 06, 2026, 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
The Little Red Schoolhouse, 15780 Bottle Rock Rd, Cobb, CA 95426
Volunteers needed!
2nd Annual Cobb Forest & Fire Summit, July 11th
If you are interested in volunteering for this one day event, please write to us at admin@sscra.org. Lunch is provided, and it's a fun way to connect with the local community.
We are excited to host the 2nd annual Cobb Forest Summit on July 11th at The Little Red Schoolhouse. The Cobb Forest Summit will connect local leaders with the community to find ways to build fire resilience and preparedness. We are looking for several volunteers to help us out with this all-day event.
July 18th Watershed Education and Kelsey Creek Clean Up, Mandala Springs, Volunteers Wanted!
Sat, Jul 18
Mandala Springs Wellness Retreat
Come join us on July 18th to help restore the Kelsey Creek watershed at Mandala Springs Wellness Center. Learn from local ecologists, creek ecology specialists, tribal land stewards to help restore our watershed. We will volunteer from 10 am - 3 pm, lunch provided, 15 spots available.
Learn about the Cobb Forest - join the CWPP Ground Truth team
As part of SSCRA's development of the new Cobb Mt. Community Wildfire Protection Plan, we are training a team of 12 local residents to be "citizen science" observers of our local landscape. We have found that much of the existing state and federal data sets that describe the Cobb landscape are inaccurate and we need to gather our own intelligence on current conditions on the ground. Teams will be trained to evaluate on site "fuel models" for areas of concern, including identifying invasive species and important natural resources. Training begins on June 13 so please contact Jessyca Lytle if you are interested in participating. jessyca@sscra.org
PG&E Progress: Loch Lomond & Perini Road: Strengthening Our Community Defenses
We are excited to provide a community-wide update on our short-term PG&E Vegetation Management 2026 grant project. The Loch Lomond Road Corridor Wildfire Resilience Project was designed to harden our community’s wildfire defenses by targeting high-priority "anchor points" at both ends of the Loch Lomond Road corridor.
Perini Road: Mission Accomplished
We are pleased to announce that work at the southern end of the project is now 100% complete. Crews from Timberline Land Management performed intensive ground work and roadside clearing across key parcels on Perini Road. This effort has significantly improved line-of-sight and clearance for residents moving toward Seigler Canyon Road during an evacuation, while also safeguarding the critical PG&E infrastructure that powers our community.
Loch Lomond: The Final Stretch
At the other end of the corridor, the residents in the Loch Lomond Firewise Community continue to make excellent progress on firebreak protection. This project focuses on the maintenance and expansion of existing firebreaks to protect another 3-way intersection connecting primary ingress/egress routes.
Extreme Terrain Solutions and Prather Logging have been working expeditiously to complete the clearing operations and are fully on track to finish well before the grant performance deadline at the end of September.
Looking Forward
These combined efforts treat approximately 17.8 acres specifically located near utility assets, protecting over 20 high-voltage distribution poles. By clearing these fuels now, we are preventing "crown fires" and preserving the long-term health of our watershed.
May 2nd was National Wildfire Community Preparedness Day
REMM Firewise Photo credit (David Leonard): May 2 Annual Meeting @Rainbow, Estates, Meadow, and Mesa, known for consistently leading the charge as our earliest Firewise report submitters and constantly innovating new ways—like neighborhood-wide dumpster days—to keep their community beautifully cleared and fire-safe. |
REMM Firewise had a great annual meeting on May 2nd. We have chosen Wildfire Community Preparedness Day as our annual meeting day because it is the perfect time to reflect on our progress of the last year and also to plan for the upcoming fire season. As always, one of our favorite parts is to meet new neighbors and to catch up with long time friends to see what are the current needs of our community.
Gordon Springs Firewise Photo credit (Laurie Hill Lincoln): May 2 Kickoff @Gordon Springs, known for their year-round commitment to immaculate yard maintenance and defensible space plus 2x/yr safety drills |
Gordon Springs Gordon Springs kicked off preparations for the upcoming fire season with a delicious community meal and sharing essential wildfire preparedness literature. The event was a happy success, reinforcing the strong volunteer bonds that drive our twice-a-year safety drills and keep the community wildfire-ready!
Loch Lomond Firewise Photo credit (Loch Lomond Firewise): May 2 Clean-up Day @Loch Lomond, known for their high-energy, rally-the-neighborhood workdays that bring out volunteer crowds and heavy equipment to clear fire fuels fast. |
Loch Lomond’s May 2 Cleanup Day was a massive success! About 30 volunteers, equipped with trucks, trailers, a chipper, and a masticator, collected 300 bags of yard waste from 22 properties in just 3.5 hours.
Huge thanks to Carlos Damian’s volunteer team, Robert Thomas (R2 and Company), Janice Navarra for donating a delicious lunch, and our dedicated Loch Lomond Firewise Community Team. Thank you also to the property owners who prepped their lots to make this day a home run!
Not Shown: Seigler Springs and Anderson Springs
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