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Upper
Finegold Creek Watershed Free
Fire Safety Survey The
Millerton Area Watershed Coalition (MAWC) is offering to conduct a fire safety
survey for interested landowners within the Upper Finegold Creek watershed.
This survey is being offered at no charge on a first come, first served
basis. The survey will include safety of structures – as well as
the vegetation type and amount of fuel load on the land. Funding has been made
possible by a grant from the CALFED Bay-Delta Watershed Program to restore
ecological health and improve water management by working with the community at
a watershed level The
impact of uncontrolled fire has increasingly become an economic and
environmental problem in California. More
and more of our rangeland and forest areas in the Sierra Nevada are being
impacted, creating problems for forage, timber, and water quality.
The devastating effect of fire in our foothill communities are a threat
to public safety and health – placing at risk life, structures and other
property. This
survey will be provided at no cost to landowners through the training and
employment of youths from our local communities. Professional foresters and fire prevention officers from the
US Forest Service and California Department of Forestry have trained these
individuals from our local communities in developing skills in resource
management – and as a way to provide temporary job opportunities – such as
conducting this survey. This offer is limited to landowners who respond on a first come first served basis. If you are interested in this service and would like to sign up please contact: Steve Haze, Program Coordinator – 855-5840.
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