On Feb. 26 Team Rubicon, a veteran-led global disaster response organization, launched a hazard tree and vegetation reduction operation in the hills above the 8000 block of Mill Creek Road, the area west of Healdsburg that got hit hard by the 2020 Walbridge Fire.
Thirty Team Rubicon volunteers conducted chainsaw operations, created defensible space and removed hazardous vegetation and trees, many of which were burned by the fire, on a Mill Creek property owned by COPE member Dan Grout.
The operation lasted through Sunday, Feb. 28.
“Communities like Mill Creek have been working hard on their community wildfire protection plans (CWPP) and have done a great job putting together projects and so now we’re here just trying to help them get those projects done hopefully before the next fire hits,” said David Atkinson, the operation incident commander.