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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLetter from David Williams - Shaded Fuel Break LAG rot 96)a Y� GST �Gt f' v i�P k'-t5 P06 t 7�le WU5 Q ii r IT� Ile, ryvm bo- � 1� &V-41 Wes -�V VP Ir4P6V' I- a v 6ct 4 +2h p k-,, V a G JJ 2"D G Y qnd 'I, would (la tvG t� �,a 1`7'1af21al1vtlGe, L -fhlp�-e are � cove-e f ralkiratnalic.e 1 415 N G b s I M th"? va 1 ), Yer� -rru-I !y vvqi-6, SIwold we I corn-o bei t, ' ti ©�'� c `► hz , oat- ajtomdcc ��> W r f 1're/z Q 5 f fn G I e'r / )(j rte 4�i 5c h r u t p ws work to cow late shaded fbreak BY PAUL WELLERSDICK STAFF WRITER "The moral of the Work continued Monday on story is the Zipper Shadowwood Drive in what has Ridge has a wonderful been an eight-year project to com- resource and the need plete the Upper Ridge Shaded Fuel y Break which aims to make the area to take care of it and more fire safe. With the fuel break nearly com- pletely surrounding the Upper them the resources io b ;, Ridge, now the Butte County Fire do that." Safe Council is trying to maintain s. the land with grant money from a National Fire Plan Grant from the GALLI JANE BURCx Bureau of Land Management through the California Fire Safe Council. depleting its fuel on the forest'. Butte County Fire Safe Council floor. Executive Director . Calli=Jane The breaks are called shaded fue Burch said the$67,000 grant will.be breaks because they don't clear cu used to provide the residents with land but leave a canopy of large: the knowledge they need o main trees that shade the ground,furthe. fain the breaks. lowering fire danger, by not allow CHRIS HEDBERG/THE POST Shaded fuel breaks are areas of ing the sun to pre-heat the fire' thinned-out forest that slow a fire's irera of Butte Creek Wood Products clears small trees and progress and give firefighters a See FIRE BREAK, page A-i Monday for a fuel break around the upper Ridge. chance to stop the fire's growth by FIRE BREAK �t"d11L LV 1AYankee Hill, Concov+ m page A-1 After the Butte Lighting Complex burns i 71 homes and 11 outbuildings,the commur ie Upper Ridge Shaded ty of Concow is already starting to rebuild 1 �l Break started in 2000 on appointing the Yankee Hill Fire Safe Counc iderosa Way. It then con- as its clearinghouse for donations. .ed north, up Nimshew Yankee Hill Fire Safe Council Chair Brenc id. Then it followed the q, , Rightmyer said the tight community spar ,t ridge top of Little Butte further than its physical boundaries. .ek from Paradise Lake to Former Concow residents from as far z Aown. Colorado have expressed interest in vin fter that, a section was financial support to the victims of the Cam n leted off Andover L . And finally, on q a�aiaiyaiic� nday, hand crews cut rebuilding after blaze ierbrush on Shadowwood ive just west of Paradise Fire. w ie,Burch said. "There's just like this community network rants paid for the work CHRIS HEDBERG/THE POST that has just blossomed out,,,she said. A was done on private � >perties. Now the grant Orange ribbons along Shadowwood Drive mark the bound- The first check to be deposited into The ,eiders want to know what aries for crews cutting a shaded fuel break. Concow Fire Recovery Fund was received maintenance plan is for from a Chico resident and other Chico organ. fuel break,she said. resources to do that," she to help educate residences, izations and clubs have started supporting rhe moral of the story is said. Burch said. effort,Rightmyer wrote in a press release. Upper Ridge has a won No database exists on how "We couldn't find a one- A fire safe council board chose the Yankee -ful resource and they residents can maintain a stop.shop so we're looking to Hill council to be the manager of the funds at 3d to take care of it and shaded fuel break, so the provide anything for the res- its July 20 meeting. `re trying to give them the council hopes to use the idents,"she said.