LAS TUNAS PROJECT BREAKS GROUND THIS WEEK!

Over a year in the making, the Las Tunas/Mountain Drive vegetation management project finally broke ground this week. The 10 acre project involves cooperative agreements between private property owners and the Fire Department.

Through this project, the Fire Department, in conjunction with a USFS grant, funded through the California Fire Safe Council, will assist over 30 homeowners to complete additional defensible space work. This project will target the removal of dead, flammable, overgrown, invasive and unmaintained vegetation that makes the neighborhood prone to an increased risk from wildfires.

You can check out the early stages of this project in the location of Mountain Drive (just above Santa Barbara Tennis Club). Stay tuned for further pictures and information about this and future projects occuring this fall.

The pictures below show snapshots from the first day on the project. With the exception of the stacked vegetation, all other pictures were taken before any work was done. You can see we have our work cut out for us!

LAS CANOAS/SKOFIELD PARK "BEFORE" AND "AFTER"

Below are some before and after pictures from the 1st half of the Las Canoas Road project (located in Skofield Park). Enjoy!

A Lot Of Work Ahead Of Us!

We broke ground this week on our next Vegetation Management Project located off Las Canoas Road. Through this project we will be completing over 10 acres worth of brush clearance/fuel modification. This project is completed in cooperation with the WFSAD, City Parks & Rec and numerous private property owners.

The area of this project was not only overgrown and full of dead vegetation, it was also hit by the Jesusita Fire. There is a lot more existing burn vegetation than there was when this project was scheduled. We have a lot of work cut out for us over the next few months. We have scheduled the work to be completed by a private contractor and hopes to have all work done by March.

I have attached a few pictures that show just how much density there is in this project area.