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PRESS RELEASES / NEWS: ------------------------------------------ Trinity County Fire Safe Council Meeting ------------------------------------------ Free Wildfire Home Assessments Want your own copy of the 2023 Trinity County Fire Safe Council calendar featuring Ivan the Pack Mule? Register for a free Wildfire Safety Home Assessment provided by the Trinity County Fire Safe Council and partners. In partnership, local volunteer fire department members or Trinity County Resource Conservation District staff will come out to complete the home assessment to provide recommendations and tips for creating defensible space, firewise landscaping, home hardening, and emergency preparedness. Applicants must reside in Trinity County, CA to qualify for a free home assessment. Sign-up online today: https://forms.gle/c39WstmCXTgbt7VU7 Or visit the Weaverville Chamber of Commerce (515 Main St) to sign up and pick up your calendar. Calendars and home assessments are funded through the California Fire Safe Council by CAL FIRE and the United States Forest Service. Contact Charlie Curtin at ccurtin@tcrcd.net or 530-623-6004 for more information.
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Know Your Evacuation Zone in Trinity County ------------------------------------------ The University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources California Forest Stewardship Workshops March 14th to May 9th The University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources brings the Forest Stewardship Workshop to Trinity County! The workshop will be hosted online on Tuesday evenings from March 14th to May 9th, with one in-person field day on April 1st in Weaverville. Local and state-wide professionals will lead workshops covering: forest management objectives and planning; forest health, insects, and disease; forest and fire ecology, wildlife, and watersheds; fuels reduction and forest resource marketing; mapping, inventory, and silviculture; project development and permitting; and scheduling professional help in addition to cost-share opportunities. Participants will utilize online resources on their own time to complete learning modules and short activities. Zoom meetings with all participants and presenters will take place once a week on Tuesdays, 6-7:30 pm. Then on April 1st, the in-person field day will cover silviculture, forest inventory, and mapping activities. Participants who complete the workshop will be eligible for a free on-property consultation with a California Registered Professional Forester. This program is hosted by the University of California Cooperative Extension in collaboration with the American Forest Foundation, CAL FIRE, California Association of Resource Conservation Districts, California Fire Safe Council, Forest Landowners of California, and USFS Region 5. Local presenters include staff from the Trinity County Resource Conservation District, Watershed Research and Training Center, and the Trinity River Lumber Company. For more information or to register today at http://ucanr.edu/forestryworkshops/ For any questions, please reach out to Kim Ingram at kcingram@ucanr.edu. ------------------------------------------ Trinity County Seeks Local Area Advisors Local Area Advisors (LAA)s are volunteers recommended by the Director of Emergency Services and appointed by Trinity County Board of Supervisors (BOS) and serve at the pleasure of the BOS on behalf of the Citizens of Trinity County. During wildfires, LAAs are available to assist local agencies, USFS Ranger Districts, and Incident Management Teams in providing:
• Local knowledge. LAAs will attend cooperators meetings to advocate and inquire for the protection of the values of Trinity County Citizens.
Trinity County Fire Safe Council is assisting Trinity County OES with the identification and nomination of interested individuals. Trinity County OES will nominate a primary and alternate LAA for each community in Trinity County. Nominees must be willing and able to participate in zoom and/or in person meetings during wildfire incidents, have local knowledge of previous fire activity within the community and past fuel break locations, have the support of local, state, or federal fire chiefs to participate in this capacity, and be able to navigate tense situations with respect for all partners.
Neighborhood Ambassador Program Trinity County Fire Safe Council is developing a Neighborhood Ambassador Program to identify a point of contact in local neighborhoods to coordinate workshops and workdays for Firewise and Fire Safe activities. We will identify a primary and secondary contact for each neighborhood. Neighborhood Ambassadors will complete an initial interview and orientation with the Trinity County Fire Safe Council Coordinator. Annual commitment is to attend one Trinity County Fire Safe Council Meeting and organize/co-lead one neighborhood Firewise event or workday a year. Trinity County Fire Safe Council leaders will support and contribute to development of events and workdays. If you live within Trinity County and are interested in the Neighborhood Ambassador program, please reach out to Amelia Fleitz at afleitz@tcrcd.net. Apply at this link:
------------------------------------------ TCRCD & WRTC Community Chipper Program Guidelines and Request Form ------------------------------------------ Trinity County CWPP 2020 Update Trinity County CWPP 2020 Update Click Here to View the Trinity County CWPP Projects Web Mapping Application ------------------------------------------ National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy Website: https://www.forestsandrangelands.gov/ ------------------------------------------ Trinity County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) 2020 Update: Ongoing ------------------------------------------ Trinity County Code RED Community Alert System ------------------------------------------ Does Wildfire Mitigation Work? 16 Examples and Counting! ------------------------------------------ Living with Wildfire in Northwestern California ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ Resources for Local Landowners Recovering from Wildfire: After the Fire Toolkit University of California: Recovering from Wildfire Resources for Landowners Recovering from Wildfire (pdf). Surviving Wildfire (book available for purchase from Amazon) ------------------------------------------ |
CONTACT > Trinity County RCD, PO Box 1450, #30 Horseshoe Lane, Weaverville, CA 96093 |
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