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 Compliance
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 capabilities 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.
The Watershed Center employs a full range of natural resource management professionals that can help you reach your goals. From planning, modeling, and compliance, to implementation and monitoring, our staff can help you every step of the way.
We have experienced prescribed fire and field crews and 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.
Prescribed Fire Services
Prescribed fire can be a cost-effective and ecologically beneficial management tool. The Watershed Center can help you with:
Burn planning
Smoke management planning
Broadcast burning
Pile burning
Hayfork Youth Conservation Crew
The Hayfork Youth Conservation Crew (HYCC) is a summer work experience program for local youth. The HYCC is a crew 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