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Fire Safe Council updates supervisors on fuel-break projects, mapping and maintenance; board OKs letters of support
Summary
Amador Fire Safe Council coordinator Amanda Watson briefed the Amador County Board of Supervisors on completed and planned fuel-break projects, road treatments, Firewise-community work and funding needs; the board voted to send letters of support for grant applications.
Amanda Watson, coordinator of the Amador Fire Safe Council, told the Amador County Board of Supervisors the council has completed several large fuel-break projects, is developing a countywide maintenance and mapping strategy, and is seeking grant funding to sustain work already underway.
Watson said the council’s mission is “to improve the protection of Amador County residents, their properties from catastrophic wildfire through action, partnership, education, and outreach.” She told the board the council is entirely grant-funded and partners closely with Cal Fire, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), local fire agencies and private landowners.
The council described several near-complete projects: the Upper Rancheria fuel break (267 acres on private land and 36 acres on BLM ground), a River Pines treatment that has treated about 131 acres surrounding the town, and maintenance and expansion work on the Pine Acres…
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