Tonight’s guests are Jeanne Wetzel-Chinn, chair of the Sierra Club Redwood Chapter, and founder and co-chair of the Western Hills Firewise Community. Jeanne is a respected California wildlife biologist and environmental scientistwho spent many years with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and active Chair of the Western Hills Fire Safe Council in the Ukiah area.
Matt Banchero, a certified arborist with TRAQ credentials, has become one of Northern California's leading practitioners working on oak health, urban forestry, and the response to the spread of the Mediterranean oak borer (MOB). He has worked closely with researchers, arborists, land managers, and agencies addressing the beetle's impacts, including collaborations with Mike Jones, Forest Advisor for University of California Cooperative Extension.
Please give them a warm CLOGB welcome.
2026 Catfish Derby
