New base camps for PG&E tree-trimming crews are popping up in some Northern California mountain communities with the highest wildfire danger.
Ita s part of a first-time strategy to prevent power-line-sparked wildfires in Californiaa s new extreme fire conditions.
The community of Pioneer in Amador County now has a PG&E tree-trimming base camp off of Highway 88, where hundreds of PG&E contracted tree-cutters are being hired to trim or remove trees along thousands of miles of PG&E power lines.
There are nine PG&E base camps like the one in Amador County across Northern California. The new effort by PG&E comes following the deadly 2015 Butte Fire in Amador County. Cal Fire determined the fire was sparked by PG&E power lines hitting a tree. A judge found the utility liable.
