Fire & Forest: Volunteers and grants allow FSC to keep community safe …
For the past year (and every year since 2002), the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council has been working hard to help members of our...
Fire & Forest: Springtime fire abatement …
This year, as we emerge from a very wet winter (for a welcome change), it’s again time to make sure our property...
Fire & Forest: MCFSC Summer Update …
As the Town Crier previously reported, Edwina Scott retired from the executive director position with Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council. After several...
Fire and Forest: Buy local firewood — keep pests off the Hill …
Around the house we can always find pests that are more of a nuisance in our everyday lives than they are damaging — irritants...
Fire & Forest: Maintaining fire safety in the fall …
As I write this article today, we are all still waiting for the first snow on the mountain. The rain we received...
Fire & Forest: Fire abatement protects your home …
I am asking board members to write on various topics for this column. Doris Lombard has timely information and thoughts on maintaining defensible space.
Here...
Fire And Forest: Fire abatement helps all …
By Chris Kramer
MCFSC President
With the recent election of officers on the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council, I’d like to introduce myself as the new...
Fire and Forest: MCFSC Changes …
My wife and I will be moving off the Hill this summer to live closer to family, so change is in order.
At our...
Fire and Forest: Rainfall is unpredictable; fire abatement constant …
By Chris Kramer
Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council President
A couple of weeks ago, we enjoyed a weekend rain, a nice change from our dry year...
Fire and Forest: How do we compare to other forest areas? …
How many of us have visited a forest outside of Southern California?
Many of these have amenities very similar to ours: campgrounds, hiking trails, lakes...