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The council obtains
grants from federal and state agencies (1) to create Community
Wildfire Protection Plans -- otherwise known as Fire-Safe Plans -- and
(2) to protect neighborhoods and communities by supporting the
creation of shaded fuel breaks and roadside brush clearing. Current
and past projects are listed below.
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Defensible
Space Demonstration Lots
Grant Amount: $6000 (
USFS
/
RAC
)
Total TBD; Will Begin May 2011
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Mountain
Shadows Interagency Defense Zone Fuel Break
41 Acres; 1000 homes; Grant
Amount: $122,045 (NFP/
USFS
)
Total $162,727; Began Oct 2010, Completed May 2012
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Lake
Isabella Community Defense Zone Fuel Break
37 Acres; 1526 homes; Grant
Amount: $113,325 (NFP/
USFS
)
Total $151,100; Began Oct 2010, Completed May 2012
·
Alta
Sierra Wofford Heights Fuel Reduction
200 Acres; Grant and Total
Amount: $300,000 (
USFS
)
Began June 2010
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Bodfish
Canyon
III
Fuel
Break
42 Acres; 1380 homes; Grant
Amount: $110,400 (NFP/
USFS
)
Total $121,090; Began Oct 2009, Completed March 2011
·
Burma
Interagency Extension Fuel Break
41 Acres; 135 homes; Grant
Amount: $96,400 (NFP/
USFS
)
Total $105,690; Began Oct 2009, Completed March 2011
·
Bodfish
Canyon Phase II Fuel Break --
Completed
32 acres; 1188 homes; Grant Amount $99,600 (NFP/
BLM
)
Total $112,400; Began Oct 2008; Completed March 2010
·
Piute
Meadows Community Escape Route --
Completed
25 acres, 48 homes; Grant Amount $86,900 (NFP/
USFS
)
Total $116,467; Began Oct 2008; Completed Dec 2009
·
Pala
Ranches Community Shaded Fuel Break --
Completed
35 acres; 1989 homes; Grant Amount $99,800 (NFP/
BLM
)
Total $116,800; Began Oct 2008; Completed March 2010
·
Kennedy
Meadows Roadside Hazard Reduction -- Completed
58 Acres; 58 homes; Grant Amount
$75,900 (NFP/
BLM
)
Total $90,484; Began Sept. 2007; Completed August 2008
Photos: Before
& After (PDF) After (PDF)
·
Bodfish
Canyon Escape Route Hazard Reduction --
Completed
32 Acres; 1188 homes; Grant Amount: $99,400 (NFP/
BLM
)
Total $112,700; Began Sept. 2007; Completed March 2009
·
Sequoia
Crest Community Wildfire Protection Plan -- Completed
xx Acres; xx homes; Grant Amount
$10,000 (NFP/
USFS
)
Total $13,905; Began Completed January 2008
·
Kennedy
Meadows Community Wildfire Protection Plan --
Completed
58 Acres; 58 homes; Graant Amount $36,000 (NFP/
BLM
)
Total $44,006; Began Sept. 2005; Ended April, 2007
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Hungry
Gulch Fuels Reduction --
Completed
40 Acres; 100 homes; Grant Amount: $96,000 (NFP/
BLM
)
Total $114,027; Began May, 2006; Ended March 2007
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Alta
Sierra, Greenhorn Mountain Fuel Reduction
-- Completed
80 Acres; 400 Homes; Grant Amount: $200,000 (NFP/
USFS
)
Total $212,618; Began June 20, 2003, Ended Dec. 31, 2004
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Alta
Sierra Community Fire Safe Plan --
Completed
Grant Amount $56,400 (NFP/
USFS
)
Total $56,400; Began June 10, 2003, Ended Dec. 31, 2004
Alta
Sierra Community Wildfire Protection Plan
8 MB
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Rodgers
Road (Kernville) -- Completed
5 Acres; 75 Homes; Grant Amount: $21,710 (NFP/
USFS
)
Total $41,920; Began June 10, 2003, Ended Dec. 31, 2004
Photos
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Sawmill/Hungry
Gulch/Isabella Highlands Fuels Reduction
-- Completed
80 Acres; 100 Homes; Grant Amount: $112,500 (NFP/
BLM
)
Total $133,750; Began June 1, 2003; Ended Nov. 30, 2004
Photos
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Myers
Canyon (Bodfish) Fuels Reduction and CWPP --
Completed
35 Acres; 400 Homes; Grant Amount: $128,640 (NFP/
BLM
)
Total $145.280; Began Nov. 1, 2003; Ended April 30, 2005
Photos
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Fuel Reduction Chipper --
Completed
Grant and Total Amount: $30,000 (NFP/
BLM
)
Jan 2003
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Defensible
Space Demonstration Lots --
Completed
Grant and Total Amount $27,000
November, 2002
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Kern
River Valley Community Fire Safe Plan
Updated January, 2013
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