Featured Event: Forest Health Extravaganza
March 29TH, 2025
Join us for a packed weekend of workshops, demonstrations, and community action focused on forest health and fire resilience.
See full event details & RSVP on Facebook
Latest News & Updates
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Join NMERA’s Summer Pizza Fundraiser in Mendocino
Bring your friends, your family, and your appetite. We can’t wait to see you under the trees!
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2026 Events at Tan Oak Park: Save the Date!
The Northern Mendocino Ecosystem Recovery Alliance invites the community to Tan Oak Park for various events in 2026, including a Bio Char weekend, TOP Fest, and a Natural Building Workshop. Camping is available, along with weekly Pizza in the Park every Wednesday from June to September. For inquiries, contact NM-ERA.
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Natural Building Workshop
Tired of drywall? Come play in the mud with us. Join our hands-on Natural Building Workshop in Leggett, CA from August 10-17! We believe in building real skills for a resilient community. You’ll learn multiple techniques from expert Colin Gillespie: • Cob building • Natural Plasters • Earthen Floors & more! We learn while we work, and then we feast. Get ready for amazing food,…
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Defensible Space and Fuels Reduction Work Party
With all the wonderful things Tan Oak Park does for our community like host our Fire Benefit free every year and now provide a huge water tank for fire departments, we can give back a little by working a few hours to make the park more fire-safe. Next Wednesday July 23rd, community volunteers will join…
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TOPFest 2025
Tan Oak Park hosts a Summer Solstice Event Saturday June 21, 2025 celebrating the completion of the Leggett Fire Water Tank, a 72,000 gallon water tank dedicated to fire protection for Tan Oak Park and the surrounding region. Get Your Tickets
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Forest Health Extravaganza March 29 & 30
We’re co-sponsoring this packed event with the Eel River Recovery Project and many other groups shown below. On Saturday March 29, 2025 at Harwood Hall in Laytonville, we’ll host an all-day gathering featuring speakers, panels, lightning talks, a poster session, and plenty of time for questions and networking discussing all aspects of forest health, fire…
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Photos from the Pile Burning Workshop
On Saturday December 7, 2024 we gathered along a private road north of Laytonville and explored different ways to burn piles while making biochar. The piles were created by a thinning project under a Calfire Forest Health Grant. The thinning crew came through and built the piles and saved about an acre of piles for…
