Merlin Arborist Group
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    • Tree Management Plans
    • Construction Impact Mitigation
    • Orchard Design, Installation, & Maintenance
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​Fire Risk Reduction

Creating defensible space can help protect your home and property in the event of a fire.  We can assess your property to determine ways to reduce fire risk and remove trees to reduce fuel load.  

Fire prevention:
  • ​Clear defensible space around your home
  • Eliminate fire ladders to reduce risk of crown fires
  • Create fuel breaks
  • Prune lower tree branches to a height of at least six feet from the ground
  • Remove dead or dying trees, branches or shrubs adjacent to or overhanging buildings and all branches within 10 feet of any stovepipe or chimney outlet

Fire damaged properties:
  • Assessing trees for retention and clearing
  • Clearing dangerous and damaged trees
  • Erosion control
  • Create fire prevention plans

Sonoma County requirements for tree and brush removal (ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS VEGETATION AND COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL):
library.municode.com/ca/sonoma_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CH13AABHAVECOMA

The California Native Plant Society (CNPS) has a comprehensive resource for properties damaged by fires:
cnps-fire-recovery-guide-lr-040618.pdf
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Merlin arborist group

ISA Board Certified master Arborist WE-7670B
ISA Tree Risk Assessor Qualified (TRAQ)
CA Contractors Lic # 1040574
Registered consulting Arborist #687 (ASCA)

Telephone

707-888-7927

Email

office@merlinarboristgroup.com
WE ARE BASED OUT OF SEBASTOPOL, CA AND PROUDLY SERVE ALL OF SONOMA COUNTY 

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  • Merlin Arborist Group
  • Services
    • Structural & Aesthetic Pruning
    • Arborist Reports
    • Tree Risk Assessment
    • Tree Appraisal
    • Tree Surveys & Inventories
    • Tree Management Plans
    • Construction Impact Mitigation
    • Orchard Design, Installation, & Maintenance
    • Organic Agriculture Consulting
    • Integrated Pest Management
    • Digital Urban Forest Mapping
    • Fire Risk Reduction
  • Raptor Renesting
    • Press
  • About Us
  • Blog
  • Contact