Catastrophic wildfires are increasing in scale, intensity, and cost across California. Sonoma County holds over 500,000 acres of forestland, yet due to the high cost of treatment and the lack of local processing infrastructure, the majority remains at high or very high risk.

The missing link? A regional wood campus that makes ecological forestry economically viable—supporting rural jobs, forest resilience, and low-carbon material supply chains.

With Timbershed in place, the region gains:

- A scalable market for small-diameter woody material that would otherwise be burned or wasted

- An economic engine to fund ongoing forest maintenance and wildfire mitigation

- A climate-smart solution that reduces dependence on ongoing public subsidies

- A pathway to meet California’s forest, climate, housing, and rural economic goals

- The preservation of Berry’s Sawmill, a legacy forest infrastructure site at risk of being lost to redevelopment

Timbershed offers a scalable, regionally anchored solution to California’s wildfire and rural economic challenges. By transforming trees typically chipped, piled, or burned into durable, climate-smart wood products, Timbershed restores ecological function while building economic resilience. It provides:

- A regional market for small-diameter and other woody biomass, enabling more forest treatments;

- A rural economic engine to fund ongoing wildfire risk reduction and forest health treatments;

- An alternative to perpetual public subsidy for forest management;

- A pathway to meet California’s forest, climate, housing, and rural equity goals.

- Converts excess biomass into durable, building products;

- Spurs skilled, rural job creation in milling, fabrication, and logistics;

- Demonstrates a replicable, community-scale model for wildfire-prone regions.

Timbershed is a scalable, site-based solution that unlocks the full value of ecological forest stewardship through wood processing and manufacturing.