By David Jerome
By David Jerome
With the award of the County Service Area 36 recreation contract, the nonprofit San Jacinto Mountain Community Center is set to manage parcel-tax-funded community recreation beginning in January 2017. And with the move, community recreation management returns to a local, on-Hill organization. As reported in last week’s edition, Michael Franklin, Economic Development Agency project manager…
Fern Valley Water District (FVWD) has been in Stage 3 since September 2021, Pine Cove Water District has been in Stage 2 since Feb. 1 and Lake Hemet Municipal Water District just restated its water conservation program since August 2015.On March 28, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order urging water agencies to take more…
Monday morning and all is well in Idyllwild. The roads and highways were cleared yesterday and this morning sun is appearing behind the mountain. The forecast for today is “Scattered snow showers before 11am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 42. West wind between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation…
District and MDP to discuss cooperative venture Two representatives — President Mike Feyder and Director Thom Wallace — from Mountain Disaster Preparedness visited the Fern Valley Water District’s July meeting. MDP would like to locate another Disaster Assistance Station in Fern Valley. Feyder and Wallace said they would like to discuss the possibility of placing…
This week, Cal Fire is continuing its prescribed burn at Camp Maranatha. The burn, consisting of 125 piles of brush and slash, was to occur between Tuesday, March 8, and Wednesday, March 9. Residents in Idyllwild, Pine Cove and surrounding mountain communities or anyone traveling on Highway 243 may see smoke from 6 a.m. to…
Kevin Brennan, California Department of Fish and Game wildlife biologist, knows this mountain and its wildlife. Black bears are relatively rare in the San Jacinto range after the construction of Interstate 10. But now there is not just one, but two — the Rite Aid male bear who migrated to Idyllwild from Banning and the…