MAST agencies brief on fire breaks, the landscape scale projects protecting mountain communities
By David Jerome
One of the main ways that MAST members keep our communities safe are fuel reduction projects, also known as Vegetation Management Projects. At the March meeting, Chick Wiesbart of Mountain Community Patrol made the point that the community does not know how well they are being protected. The network of fuel breaks that surround the…
The Fern Valley Water District (FVWD) held its last board of directors meeting Friday with four members — Walter Bonneau Jr, Gary Erb, Robert Krieger and Richard Schnetzer — due to the resignation of James Gates. Bonneau asked what the reserve balance would be by the end of December. Assistant General Manager Jessica Priefer said…
The Idyllwild Community Fund, a division of the Community Foundation that serves Riverside and San Bernardino counties, approved a new program that gives grant-funding ability to Idyllwild Middle School students. The Youth Grantmakers Program, already in place for off-Hill high school students, will be offered to middle school students for the first time, according to…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station did not provide fire logs for last week. Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls, Sunday to Saturday, March 1 to 7. Idyllwild • March 1 — Burglary, 53000 block of Double View Dr. Report taken. • March 1 — Alarm call,…
Local radio theatre group ‘Old Tyme Radio’ will present an episode ofthe old Jimmy Stewart radio serial The Six Shooter at Middle RidgeWinery on Monday, September 16th at 5 p.m. The radio play has beenadapted by the group and producer Mick Lynch for live presentation,including lots of audience participation. The episode is called “Battle of…
Agencies fully staffed and ready for incidents Fire season has begun and local firefighters are already pulling hoses and cutting brush to protect the Hill from a rash of fires. Consequently, the June Mountain Area Safety Taskforce meeting, which usually has a large attendance to coordinate the approaching fire season, had a less-than-normal attendance last…
A few weeks ago, the Town Crier received a letter from a resident concerned about the currently active pruning of trees. The author wrote, “I just stopped Asplund … from further cutting my pine tree. It is the worst time of year for cutting pines and introducing pathways for bark beetles. The tree they were…
