Thank you to all the residents who signed up for Chipper Day held on August 27, 2020. There were over 21 residences that participated. Your preparation for and participation in this effort to improve defensible space has gone a long way in protecting our subdivision against a potential wildfire. Please keep up the good work. Also, please report any work you did or had done for this event or, for that matter, any work you have done related to home hardening or defensible space using the reporting form in the Firewise section of this website.
Thanks also to the Bayside Acres Firewise Team’s effort in obtaining Firewise USA status that led to the scheduling of this Chipper Day. Following are some photos of residences clearing dead trees, branches and other fire-prone growth, placing them street side and the subsequent collection of this debris by the chipper crew.
Chipper working on the pile at Kari and Bruce Doll’s home on Bayview Drive 
Debris pile at Steve and Cheryll Wilhelm’s home on Bayview Drive 
Cutting up a large limb on Alan and Wendy Schaevitz’s property on Bayview Drive 
Clearing debris at the Schaevitz home on Bayview Drive was temporarily halted while a yellow jacket nest was discovered and cleared 
Arthur The Bee Guy clearing the yellow jacket nest 
Pile waiting for the chipper at the Schaevitz residence on Bayview Drive 
Chipper crew was working hard all day! 
David Rhodes, John Purdue and Chris Glenister working on David Rhodes’ property on Bayview Drive 
John Purdue finishing clearing a dead tree on David’s property 
Clearing a large, dead limb on the Rhodes property on Bayview Drive 
John Purdue and Chris Glenister clearing another large limb on David’s property 
Chipper at work at Julia and Chris Glenister’s home on Bayview Drive 
A collage of the brush piles seen while walked on Bayview, Manzanita and Main on the 27th 
Branch pile at Bonnie Marmor and Bill Gates on Pt. San Pedro Road 
The work of a Bayside Acres Firewise Team (BAFT) crew consisting of Don Dunphy, David Tattersall, Ogden Hamilton and Andrew Sinclair working on the wetlands bank along Beach Drive. This is the area near the far end of Beach Drive. 
More work by the BAFT crew at the far end of Beach Drive. The pile of dead palm fronds was really exciting. 
The BAFT crew’s work piled at the San Rafael Sanitary Lift at 11 Beach Drive 
Bill Gates adding to the BAFT pile created at 11 Beach Drive 
Andrew Sinclair cutting down a dead tree that was bigger than it looked