FUNDING

Our current four Vegetation Management Projects are funded by two sources:

1. Wildland Fire Suppression Assessment District Funds
2. Funding provided by a National Fire Plan grant from the Cooperative Fire program of the U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, Pacific Southwest Region, through the California Fire Safe Council.

IS IT REALLY THE SAME PLACE?

Well, here we are, 6 working days since work began. Our crews are making fast progress.

Here is a quick glimpse into the work that is in progress. (This picture was taken "inside" of the area shown in the previous blog post pictures.)

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!