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Willow Fire & Next Generation Fire Monks

June 23, 2021 By Colleen Morton Busch

The Willow Fire burning in the Los Padres National Forest is a long day hike away from Tassajara. The good news is that a professionally trained resident crew of fire monks is in place, ready for whatever comes. A silver lining to the pandemic is that it offered time to step up fire training and preparations: no guests had to be evacuated, only residents not on the fire crew. The Dharma Rain sprinkler system from 2008 is fortified and on duty. Forest Service and Cal Fire engines have been in the valley assisting with training and prep. Please keep these monks and firefighters and all beings in the Los Padres in your well wishes.

KQED’s Lakshmi Sarah wrote up this report:

https://www.kqed.org/news/11878787/fire-monks-prepared-to-defend-tassajara-zen-center-as-willow-fire-threatens

Follow updates here:

https://www.sfzc.org/fire-updates

https://bigsurkate.blog

https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7549/

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