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UPDATED: Fire Takes Quail Ridge Residence

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The remains of a burned house.
Fire destroyed the Quail Ridge Reserve director’s house. (Shane Waddell/新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis)

Quick Summary

  • Reserve director returns today to see house and tent cabins in ruins 鈥 and, still standing, the field station
  • Says Stebbins Cold Canyon appears to have been completely burned on both slopes
  • 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Health and School of Veterinary Medicine caring for fire victims

Updated 4:50 p.m. Aug. 21: The 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Fire Department鈥檚 Brush Truck 34 is leaving the Angeles National Forest in Southern California and is headed to the LNU Lightning Complex fires.

Brush 34 and its crew 鈥 Paul Rush, captain; Corrie Beall, engineer; and Cara Martinez and Christopher Hay, firefighters 鈥 left campus Aug. 13, originally assigned to the Lake Fire north of Santa Clarita, .


Updated 3:55 p.m. Aug. 21: The director鈥檚 residence at Quail Ridge Reserve, along with eight tent cabins and a university pickup truck, were destroyed by fire, staff confirmed today.

Burned truck
A university-owned Ford F-250 was destroyed by fire. (Shane Waddell/新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis)

Quail Ridge director Shane Waddell was able to return to the area he and his family evacuated Tuesday night (Aug. 18), and found the director鈥檚 home 鈥渢otally destroyed,鈥 said Jeffrey Clary, associate director of the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Natural Reserves System.

The field station, researcher home and a studio apartment for faculty/principal investigators were still standing, apparently undamaged. Most of the reserve's Gator all-terrain vehicles also appeared to be OK

鈥淗is impression was that remaining infrastructure was not threatened by any smoldering fires,鈥 Clary said. 鈥淥n the drive, he observed that Stebbins Cold Canyon appeared to have completely burned on both slopes. There was too much smoke to see detail, however.鈥


Updated 2:35 p.m. Aug. 21: A new fire north of McLaughlin Reserve has trapped two reserve staffers 鈥 director Cathy Koehler and stewardship director Paul Aigner 鈥 and nearby neighbors in the area, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Natural Reserves Associate Director Jeffrey Clary said. He noted the area is relatively safe.

鈥淭he main facilities area at McLaughlin is large, graded, and free of vegetation,鈥 Clary said. 鈥淚t is therefore one of the safest places in the area to be in times of fire. As they have done in the past, Paul and Cathy are opening this part of the reserve to neighbors whose homes put them at greater risk.鈥

Clary said 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis could be a 鈥済ood neighbor鈥 by providing a safe haven.


Updated 11:50 a.m. Aug. 21: 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Natural Reserves staff still don鈥檛 have word about whether many of their properties and research facilities were caught up in the flames of the LNU Lightning Complex, but everyone is safe and accounted for.

Jeffrey Clary, associate director of the reserves system, said staff helped neighbors evacuate as the fires approached.

鈥淸Quail Ridge director] Shane Waddell alerted his neighbors to the approaching fire on Tuesday night,鈥 Clary said. 鈥淸McLaughlin director] Cathy Koehler and [McLaughlin stewardship director] Paul Aigner worked with Barrick Mine staff and first responders to create fire breaks to guide fires away from sensitive areas.鈥

Their efforts were rewarded, as the McLaughlin Reserve appears to be out of danger, he said.

鈥淎lthough significant portions of the natural lands there burned, major facilities and research projects were unscathed,鈥 he said. 鈥淲e lost one small bridge on one of the internal roads.鈥

While the status of other lands remains unknown, it is certain the Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve will be closed to hikers for the forseeable future, Clary said.


Updated 9 a.m. Aug. 21: The School of Veterinary Medicine鈥檚 Veterinary Emergency Response Team, or VERT, deployed this morning to aid animals affected by the LNU Lightning Complex.


Original post Aug. 20: 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis firefighters battled the LNU Lightning Complex on two fronts Wednesday (Aug. 19), saving homes in Vacaville and setting backfires outside Winters. Also Wednesday, the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital received its first patients from the LNU fires spanning five North Bay counties.

A lightning storm Monday (Aug. 17) set off multiple fires 鈥 all of which Cal fire has lumped together in what the agency calls a 鈥渃omplex.鈥 As of this morning (Aug. 20), according to Cal Fire, flames had covered 131,000 acres 鈥 and there was zero containment.

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Shane Waddell, director of the Quail Ridge Reserve, took this photo as he and his family were evacuating.

The 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Natural Reserve System hoped to receive word today (Aug. 20) about three university properties on another side of the LNU Lightning Complex, near the south end of Lake Berryessa: Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve, Cahill Riparian Preserve and Quail Ridge Reserve.

鈥淪tebbins Cold Canyon and Cahill Riparian Preserve 鈥 are at the core of the burned area in Napa-Solano counties, so we expect that most of Stebbins burned,鈥 Jeffrey Clary, associate director of the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Natural Reserve System, reported Wednesday night.

The same may be true for Quail Ridge Reserve. Shane Waddell, the reserve鈥檚 director, evacuated with his family earlier this week 鈥 and there is no word on the fate of their home or the Quail Ridge field station.

鈥淚n summary, we don鈥檛 know much,鈥 Clark said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 been a rough couple of days.鈥

The campus鈥檚 Engine 34 spent a day and a half battling the flames. The crew returned this morning from Winters.

鈥淭hey were deployed to multiple locations with minimal support and were instrumental saving structures in Vacaville and in two firing operations in Winters off Highway 128,鈥 Fire Chief Nate Trauernicht said.

Capt. Steve Dunn, who has been assigned to the Jones Fire west of Nevada City since Monday (Aug. 17), leading a strike team of fire crews from other agencies, is likely to be reassigned to the LNU Lightning Complex, Trauernicht said.

Campus resources

新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis employees were among the LNU Lightning Complex evacuees, and the university announced this morning that it was looking to be able to provide short-term emergency housing. An update was expected later today.

鈥淥ur 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis faculty, staff and students have been through so much this year, and now many in our community have faced further adversity brought on by the wildfires ravaging California,鈥 officials said in this morning鈥檚 email. 鈥淪ome have had their homes destroyed or damaged by fire, while others have been forced to leave their homes in mandatory evacuations, not knowing if those homes will be there when they return. And many of you are sheltering your family and friends who have been forced to evacuate.鈥

The message went on to outline available resources, including the Academic and Staff Assistance program, or ASAP; the Aggie Compass Basic Needs Center; and Student Health and Counseling Services.

Two Egghead sculptures under hazy colored sky.
The 鈥淪ee No Evil/Hear No Evil鈥 Eggheads stand their ground under the haze of smoke and ash this morning. (Gregory Urquiaga/新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis)

Air quality

Smoke and ash are taking a toll on air quality in Davis and elsewhere. At 2:15 p.m. today, the U.S. government鈥檚 reported air quality in Davis as 鈥渦nhealthy for sensitive groups鈥 鈥 with particulate matter the primary pollutant 鈥 and predicted a "very unhealthy" reading by day鈥檚 end. AirNow predicted "very unhealthy" readings through the weekend.

AirNow, which bases its reports on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency鈥檚 , or AQI, is what 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis relies on during wildfire smoke events such as this one, to make decisions regarding campus operations. 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis has responded to the current situation by limiting outdoor work/operations and providing outdoor workers with N-95 masks.

The Sacramento region鈥檚 monitoring system posted an AQI forecast of 鈥渧ery unhealthy鈥 for today and through the weekend.

Due to the unhealthy air, announced that it had immediately removed some permit restrictions to allow permit holders to park closer to their work. So, if you have a C or L permit, you can park in an A-permit lot. This does not apply to spaces already restricted.

From 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Health:

At the veterinary hospital

An alpaca being treated at the veterinary hospital.
This alpaca, dubbed Canelo by staff, is being treated by the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. (新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis photo)

The School of Veterinary Medicine reported taking in three patients: an 11-year-old horse, a Welsh pony and an alpaca.

In a , the school described the horse, Ava, as the sole survivor out of six horses owned by a woman in the Quail Canyon area who also lost her home and vehicle to the flames. The pony, Puzzler, belongs to a friend of Ava鈥檚 owner, and the alpaca was brought to the hospital after law enforcement officers asked passersby to load him in their truck. Hospital staff have dubbed the alpaca Canelo.

The School of Veterinary Medicine welcomes donations to its to help care for animals like these.

In the south state

A four-person 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis crew aboard the Fire Department鈥檚 Brush Truck 34 has been battling the Ranch 2 Fire in the Angeles National Forest. The that the fire had burned 4,237 acres and was 33 percent contained.

Brush 34 and its crew 鈥 Paul Rush, captain; Corrie Beall, engineer; and Cara Martinez and Christopher Hay, firefighters 鈥 left campus Aug. 13, originally assigned to the Lake Fire north of Santa Clarita, .

Chief Trauernicht said the crew had been assigned a rest day today, before being sent home.

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