Thursday, October 30, 2008

Road Clearance Map


We are now more than half way through this years road clearance project. I have included a map so you can visually see what we have accomplished and what we have left.
Crews are anticipated to finished Aleeda, El Rancho and Santecito tomorrow.



Monday, October 27, 2008

1st Week of Veg Management Complete

St. Mary's crews were off to a great start during the first week of the project. They continued to work through the hot temperatures and we saw a lot of progress. By the end of the week they had nearly made it to the "Stations of the Cross Trail" which is located mid-slope between the Seminary and the dirt road where they started on day 1.

Arbolado-Francheschi Finished

Despite the blazing temperatures last week. Crews were diligent in finishing scheduled roads. Both Arbolado and Francheschi are now complete.

Monday, October 20, 2008

Veg Mgmt Starts Today




We hit the ground running today with the first of many projects aimed at creating the Community Fuels Treatment Network along the upper edge of Santa Barbara City limits.




The network will provide a break between the continuous decadent stands of chaparral fuel outside the City boundary and the City area. This provides a strategic last line of defense for fire protection resources to suppress a wildland fire before it enters more highly populated areas of the City.This year’s project involves reducing the amount of flammable vegetation on over 20 acres of land in the Extreme Foothill Zone by approximately 1/3 to 2/3. Vegetation management will be targeted on the removal of flammable vegetation (brush and under story) by preferentially removing exotic plants, thinning, pruning and limbing of vegetation to remove fire ladders, limbing up of oak over story, pruning out dead material, and thinning out continuous areas of brush using a mosaic pattern.