A McKinleyville homeowner reached out after a FLASH inspection flagged dense brush and overhanging limbs crowding the home's immediate zone, exactly the kind of setup that lets fire move quickly from vegetation to structure.
The project involved clearing ladder fuels, limbing up trees near the house, and thinning overgrown understory across the property's defensible space zones, all while preserving the mature trees that gave the property its character.
The result wasn't a bare, clear-cut yard. It was a property with breathing room between vegetation and structure, and a canopy that's healthier for the thinning it received.
Defensible space work doesn't have to mean losing what you love about your land. Done right, it protects both.
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