Tuesday, November 27, 2012

One At A Time


I haven't posted much on the Coyote/Circle/Westmont project area so I thought I would take this chance to highlight some of the great work that has been occurring on the project. The majority of this project area includes actual work on 7 acres located on the lower section of Coyote Road x Sycamore Canyon. A majority of this project area was burned in the 2008 Tea Fire and involves the crews in removing a lot of burned and dead material.

Work is being accomplished by a CCC Type 1 hand crew out of Camarillo, CA. Not only have they been doing some great hazardous fuels reduction work, this project area has presented them a perfect opportunity to sharpen their skills on the saw and to train others so that in times of emergency they are prepared to do the job quickly and safely.

In this video they are practicing a method of falling to prevent a very dangerous out of control situation, known as a "barber chair", from occurring on this large leaning dead tree.

Project Updates

December will mark the last month available to complete all work under the 2010 Santa Barbara Community Hazard Reduction Grant that has been funded in cooperation with the California Firesafe Council.

There is currently only a small amount of ground work left to be completed, in addition to the removal of several large Eucalyptus Trees that have been identified for removal, on the Eucalyptus Hill Road vegetation management unit project. These trees are either dead or pose a significant fire hazard. Work to remove these trees is taking place this week.

We are also in the final days of completing work in the Coyote Road/Circle Drive/Westmont project. That project is expected to be completed within the next 2 weeks.

Monday, November 19, 2012

2013 Chipping Schedule

Here it is....the 2013 Defensible Space Chipping Schedule
**Please note, there have been some major changes to the scheduled chip weeks. Chip areas have not changes from last year, however, the timing has**

Sheffield/Parma ..............................March 4
Las Canoas ....................................March 18
West Mountain ...............................April 1
Westmont/Circle .............................April 15
Coyote Road ..................................April 22
Las Tunas ......................................April 29
Eucalpytus Hill ...............................May 13
San Roque/Ontare ..........................May 20
Sycamore Canyon/Las Alturas ........May 28
Lower Riviera .................................June 3

More information will be printing in the annual newsletter that is scheduled to be delivered to each property owner January 2013.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Dead Trees and Defensible Space



It appears that there is an increase of dead and dying trees throughout the district.

Just a reminder that Defensible Space is required to be maintained all year. If you are interested in what you can do about dead trees and/or what you can do to improve your defensible space as we continue with unseasonably dry weather please call us for a voluntary defensible space assessment. 564-5737

Thursday, November 1, 2012

2013 Defensible Space Chipping.

DEFENSIBLE SPACE CHIPPING SERVICES are provided to all district property owners in an effort to assist in complying with the City Fire Department defensible space clearance requirement deadline of June 15 each year. Chipping services encourage property owners to create defensible space and provide a cost effective way to dispose of cut material.


***THERE WILL BE SOME MAJOR CHANGES TO THE 2013 CHIPPING SCHEDULE***

It is still scheduled to run March-June, however, we will be adjusting the timing of most of the chip areas to adjust for the amount of brush that we have received in previous years. Stay tuned, as we will work to get the schedule up in December.

The chipping schedule can always be found inside the front cover of your newsletter that is sent to each property in January of each year.