The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, observing how the Moraga-Orinda Fire District has managed the $4 million North Orinda Shaded Fuel Break mitigation project, has not only offered high praise for MOFD but backed it up by giving the district more money for additional wildfire fuel mitigation. The NOSFB, a 1,500-acre, 19-mile state funded effort to reduce dangerous fuels along open space areas, extends along a ridge between Tilden Park and Acalanes High School.
Particularly impressive to Cal Fire is the job the district does to update the public on the progress of the fuel break. Cal Fire Assistant Deputy Chief Angie Lottes said that tracking progress has been difficult from a data reporting perspective for most of the 35 Community Wildfire Prevention & Mitigation Projects that Cal Fire has funded in 2019, but she praised the public outreach of MOFD.