Educational Videos

Watch a quick video on the importance of choosing the right groundcover and protecting the first 0-5 feet from your structure.

PCWA Firewise Webinar Opens in new window

The Auburn Fire Department, Placer County Water Agency, Yamasaki Landscape Architecture, and the UC Davis Master Gardeners have teamed up to discuss Firewise/Waterwise plants, landscape design and defensible space. Please watch the above webinar to learn more.

The Era of Megafires - 20-min Version from North Forty Film Co on Vimeo.

Megafires, wildfires over 100,000 acres, are currently burning our western landscape. How did we get here and what can be done about it? Dr. Paul Hessburg, research landscape ecologist for the US Forest Service, has spent the last 40 years learning about how we got here and what can be done about it.