LINK TO RECORDED PRESENTATION

“Putting Wildfire Debris to Good Use: Biomass Fuel Production in Butte County”

The League of Women Voters of Butte County is hosting a live presentation on “Putting Wildfire Debris to Good Use: Biomass Fuel Production in Butte County " in a Zoom format on Saturday, April 10, 2021 from 10-11:30am. The public is invited.

Jim Houtman, Project Manager for the Butte County Fire Safe Council, will provide a 30-minute presentation on Putting Wildfire Debris to Good Use: Biomass Fuel Production in Butte County. Houtman is a Northern California lifer with an agricultural background. He retired in 2017 from the City of Chico Fire Department and has been working for the Butte County Fire Safe Council (BCFSC) since February 2019. BCFSC is a nonprofit that was formed in 1998 to represent local Fire Safe Councils throughout Butte County.

After the Camp Fire in 2018, BCFSC identified a need to find a home for the burned trees as well the development of a model for incentivizing private landowners to thin their forests. The thinning of the forests reduces fire risk, creates a healthy forest, sequesters carbon, and protects watershed—which all increase the wildlife habitat. BCFSC identified several technologies and works to define opportunities for fulfilling its mission. Those outcomes will be discussed during Houtman’s presentation.

For more information contact LWVBC: (530) 895-8683,by email at lwvbutte [at] gmail.com