Technical Forestry Services

Our technical forestry services include:

  • Stand exams

  • Forest inventory

  • Cruising and marking

  • Timber Harvest Plans

  • Comprehensive management planning

  • California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Compliance

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Field Crews

Our well-trained crew of insured local sawyers and equipment operators can help you implement a wide range of land management practices, including:

  • Hazardous fuels reduction and defensible space around homes

  • Brush cutting, piling, and burning

  • Pre-commercial thinning for timber production

  • Trail construction and maintenance

  • Habitat enhancement

  • Mechanical mastication

  • Tree and vineyard pruning and harvest

We provide our own saws, hand tools, and skid-steer brush mower/masticator. We have the equipment and capability to assist you with your land management needs.

Watershed Assessments

Our watershed assessments are designed to assess existing vegetation conditions, develop restoration priorities, monitor restoration impacts and develop the essential building blocks for large-scale implementation planning.

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The Watershed Center employs a full range of natural resource management professionals that can help you reach your landscape goals. From planning, modeling, and compliance, to project implementation and monitoring, our staff can help you every step of the way.

We have experienced prescribed fire and field crews, as well as water and roads experts on staff. Our reliable, professional crews are available at reasonable rates and we often have grant funding that can offset or reduce the cost of work.

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Prescribed Fire Services

Prescribed fire can be a cost-effective and ecologically beneficial forest management tool. The Watershed Center can help you with:

  • Burn planning

  • Smoke management planning

  • Broadcast burning

  • Pile burning

Youth Conservation Crews

The Hayfork and Weaverville Youth Conservation Crews (YCCs) are a summer work experience program for local youth. The YCCs are crews of high school students (ages 15-18) who learn stewardship skills by implementing conservation work such as trail maintenance, noxious weed management, fuels reduction, native plant protection, stream monitoring, and rangeland fence repair.

Stream-based Services

Our stream-based services include planning, monitoring, and in-stream restoration work. We offer various monitoring services including:

  • Stream flow measurements

  • Water quality assessments

  • Stream temperature monitoring

  • Wetland enhancement

  • Riparian vegetation assessment

  • Salmonid restoration projects

  • Stream bed alteration

  • Permitting