We spent our last work day at Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve. This is a beautiful natural area managed by CSU Chico. It did not burn up in the Camp Fire, but the ecologists are working to manage fuels to prevent a catastrophic wildfire and reintroduce fire to the ecosystem in a beneficial way. We burned a few piles in the Oregon Kiln and in the Ring of Fire kiln. We also worked with another technique that I think has lots of promise. We lit a few dozen very small piles on top and let them burn to the glowing coal stage. Then we simply took shovels and flung the hot coals out on the damp ground. The coals, when separated, go out almost immediately. The grass is damp and does not catch fire. No quenching water needed.