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Native Habitat and Wildfire Mitigation Panel reminder

Posted on: September 18th, 2026

Hello Friends,

This is a reminder about the Native Habitat and Wildfire Mitigation Panel 

this Sunday at the Fire Barn at 10 am  

Please tell your younger neighbors who are interested in this topic. 

(Please bring your own tea cup and plate if you don’t want to use plastic. And water bottle if you drink a lot. I’m bringing homemade zucchini chocolate chip quickbread and strong cinnamon-flavored black tea–a big thermosful, which is as much as I can carry, Please feel free to bring anything else!!).  

Looking forward to seeing you there!!!

Pam for Val, Abby, Paul, Kaitlyn, Caroline, Elizabeth, Marcus, me 

What About the Native Habitat Around Our Homes? 

How useful is the native habitat around your home to native pollinators and other wildlife?   How can you tell? 
If you decide it could be more useful, what are some easy ways to make it more useful, ways which work for you and your family?  
 
And how do you do it within Wildfire Partners fire mitigation guidelines? 
 
Please join us for a presentation and discussion on this topic 
Sunday September 20 at 10 am at the Gold Hill Fire Barn
 
with Abby Silver and Pam Sherman; for a preview, click on this checklist we wrote: Native Pollinator Habitat and Wildfire at home: how can you be prepared?    
          We are thrilled to be joined by Dr. Paul Alaback, ret. professor of forestry at U. Montana 
        who has been teaching about this topic for thirty years  and Kaitlyn Barthell, our beloved local plant ecologist  and  experienced local neighbors Caroline Ashley, Elizabeth Caspari and Marcus Moench, who have done this at home and are happy with the results. 
 
            You do not have to be a gardener to come! Just a curious mountain resident. 
Bring your questions!  Tea and refreshments will be served. 
 
Brought to you by the Gold Hill Area Senior Alliance and the Native Plant & Ecology Committees of the Gold Hill Town Meeting 
 
Abby Silver, longtime mountain resident and Certified Wildfire Mitigation Specialist, was our mountain rep since Wildfire Partners began.  
 
Pam Sherman, longtime Gold Hill resident, is a native habitat educator working locally and with national nonprofits devoted to restoring native habitat for wildlife, starting with pollinators and kin.   
    Dr. Paul Alaback, ret. Prof. of Forestry, and a Wildfire Partners-certified mountain resident.