Salinas Forestry Crew Makes a Difference While Finding Career Paths
Salinas Corpsmember Tommy Castro uses a chain saw to fell a burned hazard tree as part of a water pipeline replacement project through Big Basin Redwoods State Park.
More than four years after the CZU Lightning Complex Fire ravaged portions of San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties, the clean-up and recovery is still taking place.
The CCC Salinas Forestry Corps crew is helping clear the way for some of those improvements.
Salinas Corpsmembers stand watch from a safety zone as another Corpsmember fells a tree off camera. Retreating to a safety position is a standard safety practice Corpsmembers utilize in forestry projects.
Working in Big Basin Redwoods State Park, they’re removing hazardous—and large—trees to allow the San Lorenzo Valley Water District to replace the damaged Peavine Pipeline.
Not only are the Corpsmembers gaining hands-on forestry experience, they’re helping provide safe drinking water to their neighbors in and around Boulder Creek.
Once this project is complete, the San Lorenzo Valley Water District will be able to repair and re-establish a water pipeline that’s been out of service since the fire.
Salinas Corpsmember Ariana Gonzalez uses her chain saw to begin her back cut on a large tree in Big Basin Redwoods State Park as part of a water pipeline project.
