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Wildfire staff and Forest Service report early burning, chipping and restoration plans
Summary
County wildfire coordinator said the burn pile will open this weekend and chipping and green-waste voucher information is available; USDA Forest Service reported fuels work, planned pile burning windows, and a spring tree-planting of roughly 3,000 seedlings and restoration partnerships.
Clint Celio, Alpine County Wildfire Projects Coordinator, told the board March 17 that because of warm weather the county will open its burn pile this weekend and run Saturday-only operations through April 11, when the pile will shift to a Saturday–Sunday–Wednesday schedule unless fire-season conditions force an earlier closure. Celio said the county’s chipping program and green-waste voucher distribution (through the Alpine Fire Safe Council) information is available on the county website.
Board members asked whether early opening would shorten the overall season; Celio said the plan is to remain open through May 27 unless fire conditions require an earlier stop. Staff and supervisors also described a community collection day (planned for April 18) to replace prior vouchers from Douglas Disposal.
At the USDA Forest Service presentation later in the meeting, a Forest Service representative (Matt) said about 90 acres of fuels work had been treated at Mustard Jarvis, that crews are preparing pile burns when roads and weather allow, and that the agency is planning tree planting in Tamarack/Thornburg/Pleasant Valley areas with about 3,000 seedlings targeted this spring. The Forest Service also described NEPA-phase projects with Caltrans, recreation staffing and campground work, and restoration partnerships with Alpine Watershed Group and American Rivers to address incision and wetland quality, including experimental beaver-dam analogs.
Supervisors and staff discussed logistics for seedlings and possible funding for transporting log decks; the Forest Service said it had moved many decks already and described a master agreement with a tribal mill for future material flows.
