Pepperwood Preserve, located in the foothills north of Santa Rosa, experienced the Sonoma County fires first hand. Fire rolled right through the preserve in the middle of the night last October. Pepperwood Preserve Manager Michael Gillogly said like everyone else impacted by the North County fires last year, they had a lot of damage and loss. Gillogly said however that even though the wine country fires were tragic, they did have some beneficial impacts on nature.