05/11/2026
Wow — we are absolutely ecstatic about the prescribed underburn completed at our property in Mohawk Vista on Saturday.
While this property is our personal residence and home to our fantastic tenants, it’s also our business shop, corporation yard, and staging area for our equipment and trailers. This place is truly our everything, and we want to do everything we can to keep it safe and resilient.
Over the past several months, we’ve worked closely with Hannah Hepner and Ryan Bauer, along with the team at Watershed Council, Sierra Air Quality Management District, FIRE, and the Underburn Cooperative to develop the burn plan, permitting, and logistics needed to safely conduct a prescribed burn here in Plumas County.
The burn went amazingly well — as smooth and safe as we could have hoped for. We achieved excellent burn quality, minimized smoke impacts, and had an outstanding crew of dedicated professionals and volunteers helping throughout the day.
First, the pros:
Plumas National Forest engine crews from both the Frenchman and Mohawk districts showed up in force to provide water support, engines, and hand crews. Absolute professionals.
Video addition: Huge thanks as well to Fire Protection District for sending a wildland engine and a skilled operator to run it.
Volunteers also showed up from Fire, a highly skilled local fire contractor whose experience and knowledge were invaluable.
The biggest thanks go to the volunteers who came out to dig line, learn, sweat, and help make the entire event run so smoothly. Community-based prescribed fire is an incredible thing to witness in action.
And finally, thank you to our neighbors for putting up with the smoke, fire traffic, and me talking nonstop about fire. 🙂
Full disclosure: LSV provides home hardening and defensible space services. This post is not intended as an advertisement. We simply believe strongly in prescribed fire and proactive wildfire resilience.
If you’re interested in learning more about prescribed burning, there are a tremendous number of free resources available through USA and the County Fire Safe Council.
Good fire matters.
