Hill has allowed fire services to use his ranch as a base of operations during fires . During the Soberanes Fire in 2016 , a fire retardant base operated out of the ranch . He has also allowed helicopters to draw water from his ponds for firefighting efforts . Hill privately donated over $ 100,000 to buy and refurbish a surplus MRAP for use by the Del Rey Oaks and neighboring police departments . Hill is a volunteer on the city 's police reserve force . He agreed through his company NorthTree Fire International to maintain the vehicle for five years . The Ventana Wildlife Society has been engaged since 1996 in a program to restore the California condor population from near extinction . Hill allows the society to use a ranch road to deliver animal carcasses for the condors to feed on to a location outside the ranch . Hill later established a second feeding location near by on his land where he has brought carcasses of his own cattle to feed the condors . In 2011 , he told a reporter that " Over the last six or seven years , we 've delivered 30,000 to 40,000 pounds of carcasses . " To prevent the Condors from ingesting lead , Hill has also instructed his employees to use copper bullets when protecting the cattle from predators
Soberanes Fire
Soberanes Fire
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