Editor’s note: Each year, the Town Crier reports the information below for the three local water districts — Fern Valley, Idyllwild and Pine Cove — and the Idyllwild Fire Protection. The FVWD information appeared in the Feb. 14 issue and the IWD information was in the Feb. 7 issue. IFPD will appear next week. Each…

Last month, the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument launched a free reality app for kids and their families. The Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service have utilized the Agents of Discovery platform to create a free, educational app to get youth active, engaged and learning about the world around…

DNA analysis of larvae from a tree in Pine Cove confirmed the presence of Goldspotted oak borer. CAL FIRE Forester Gregg Bratcher made the announcement at the April 24 Mountain Area Safety Taskforce meeting. Confirmation of Goldspotted oak borer in the tree on Pine Needles Lane brings the total of confirmed Idyllwild area infested trees to 11, according to Bratcher. “We’re seeing new GSOB trees at the rate of about one per week and that’s in the winter,” he noted.