My son distraught while watching our trees get cut down
Sky hazy and red from drift smoke from the Camp Fire in Butte County.
High voltage pole and the trees that surround it in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Pacific Gas and Electric has instituted a Community Wildfire Safety Program, with Enhanced Vegetation Work in areas of Extreme Wildfire Threat by reducing vegetation in the area 15 feet from the pole line.
Sign reads “Extreme Fire-Threat Area; Wildfire Safety Work Underway”
Line inspector marks trees for removal. Trees are spray painted with a yellow X and then entered into a database with details about species, size, and distance from the high voltage lines, and specific GPS coordinates.
Pacific Gas and Electric has instituted a Community Wildfire Safety Program, with Enhanced Vegetation Work in areas of Extreme Wildfire Threat by reducing vegetation in the area 15 feet from the pole line.
Yellow spray-painted Xs adorn trees selected for removal
Yellow spray-painted Xs adorn trees selected for removal
Yellow spray-painted Xs adorn trees selected for removal
Sign reads “Extreme Fire-Threat Area; Wildfire Safety Work Underway”
Yellow spray-painted Xs adorn trees selected for removal
Yellow spray-painted Xs adorn trees selected for removal
Yellow spray-painted Xs adorn trees selected for removal
Yellow spray-painted Xs adorn trees selected for removal
Yellow spray-painted Xs adorn trees selected for removal
Yellow spray-painted Xs adorn trees selected for removal
Yellow spray-painted Xs adorn trees selected for removal
Yellow spray-painted Xs adorn trees selected for removal
Yellow spray-painted Xs adorn trees selected for removal. These trees were later marked with a blue and white ribbon, indicating they are located in a riparian corridor and will need further assessment of the environmental impact their removal could have.
Yellow spray-painted Xs adorn trees selected for removal
Yellow spray-painted Xs adorn trees selected for removal
Yellow spray-painted Xs adorn trees selected for removal
September - November, 2018, Pacific Gas and Electric and contract tree workers had a basecamp set up in Scotts Valley, California.
Views of the PG&E basecamp, Scotts Valley, CA October 2018.
Views of the PG&E basecamp, Scotts Valley, CA October 2018.
Views of the PG&E basecamp, Scotts Valley, CA October 2018.
Security worker at the PG&E Basecamp, Scotts Valley, CA October 2018.
Contract tree workers arrive in a neighborhood to begin Wildfire Safety program work removing trees and vegetation near PG&E high voltage power lines.
Contract tree workers arrive in a neighborhood to begin Wildfire Safety program work removing trees and vegetation near PG&E high voltage power lines.
Tree workers remove marked tree in a neighborhood, September 2018.
Tree workers remove marked tree in a neighborhood, September 2018.
Neighborhood kids curious and sad about the tree removal
Property owners make their voices known through community meetings and hand-made signs placed upon marked trees.
Property owners make their voices known through community meetings and hand-made signs placed upon marked trees.
Property owners make their voices known through community meetings and hand-made signs placed upon marked trees.
One homeowner painted brown on top of each of the yellow Xs on the marked trees on their property.
Some trees have been re-marked with blue and white ribbon, indicating they are located in a riparian corridor and require special considerations.
Arborist measures large coast redwood tree, at the request of property owner. Determines this tree was mis-marked and should not be taken down.
Trimming of coast redwoods for PG&E Wildfire Safety program
The stumps of coast redwood trees, removed for PG&E Wildfire Safety Program
The stumps of coast redwood trees, removed for PG&E Wildfire Safety Program
The stumps of coast redwood trees, removed for PG&E Wildfire Safety Program
After the cut, the coast redwood and bay laurel tree stacked in a yard.
My son distraught while watching our trees get cut down
Sky hazy and red from drift smoke from the Camp Fire in Butte County.