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The sixth session of the Eastern Sierra Council of Governments (ESCOG) Citizen’s Wildfire Education Academy will focus on “Smoke, Evacuation, and Other
According to the agenda for the Aug. 23 Ojai City Council meeting staff is recommending, based on a review of the City’s Budget and Finance Committee that the city fund
The fifth session of the Wildland Fire Academy dealt with what is probably the area of most concern for Eastern Sierra residents—what steps can be taken to
Is there a reason for optimism with this? >> i don't think that we're going to be able to prescribe burn our way to have the entire landscape be fire safe, but i think it can help. >> i think we are headed in a good direction with it. now the state is finally at the point with policies that came forward this year to recognize cultural burning. it's now codified in state law and i was able to work on some of that policy development. the state has a plan that's coming forward. like, we're targeting to burn 500,000 acres by 2025 within the state. >> wow. >> that's not enough, but it's a starting ...
Mark Fenicle escaped the McCourtney Fire several years ago and estimates he has paid $50,000 in tree work and brush clearing to create a 100-foot defensible space around his home. He worries folks living on a fixed income can’t afford this cost. A county program is working to address this need.