STATE ROUTE 1 IS FULLY CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AT MUD CREEK DUE TO CONTIUED SLIDE ACTIVITY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. DELIVERY VEHICLES AND LOCAL RESIDENTS WILL NEED TO USE NACIMIENTO-FERGUSSON EXIT SOUTH OR TO CLEAR THE ACCESS TIMES AT PAUL’S SLIDE.
CALTRANS WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE MID-DAY ON MONDAY, MAY 8.
Kate,
Wildfire season never seems to end, preppers busy again…
http://www.montereyherald.com/general-news/20170503/cal-fire-crews-prepare-for-wildfire-season-in-monterey-county
And Cal Fire was at FHL training with their department in structure protection yesterday.
bigsurkate
In other news….Happy May! Transitions, Surfing & Celebration~`~
Thank You All for the few weeks back at Esalen= Migwetch!
May Pole Celebration…My Favorite Job EVER!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lANlqo2KUJs&feature=youtu.be
Kate,
Hermitage has a 50-50 chance to reopen by 6-1, tough to take that forecast and make it brighter.
5/5: CPC/CC:
“Stolen redwoods found, but not the thieves”
COUNTY AND park officials say they still don’t know
who cut down dozens of redwoods last August at the Mill
Creek Redwood Preserve while firefighters battled the
Soberanes Fire nearby. But many of the felled trees were left
behind, and today they sit neatly stacked on a property owned
by the Big Sur Land Trust, where one day they could be
transformed into bridges, railings, stairs, benches and interpretive
displays in local parks.
Rafael Payan, the general manager of the
Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District,
which owns the preserve, told The Pine Cone that
the county and the land trust agreed to move the
logs there “to ensure they would not be stolen.”
Before the trees were hauled to their present
site, they were cut into segments ranging from
about 8 to 12 feet long. About 70 pieces are being
stored. While some of the logs came from trees
that were relatively small, others came from trees
much larger, as evidenced by one log that measures
4 feet in diameter. Some logs were burned
extensively, while others showed little or no sign
of being scorched by the blaze.
The wood could be used to replace several
redwood bridges at Mill Creek which were
destroyed by the Soberanes Fire. The park district
previously estimated that it would cost $100,000
to replace those bridges.
While park district officials will likely find a
good use for the valuable redwood logs, they still
don’t know who cut them down. “The park disto
feature Assemblyman Mark Stone, staff from Sen. Bill
Monning’s office, John Laird of the Natural Resources
Agency, Congressman Jimmy Panetta, and other state and
local officials.
“The Pure Water project exemplifies ingenuity by utilizing
and recycling existing water and treating it for domestic
and agricultural use,” Panetta told The Pine Cone. “I believe
it is an important step in the long walk of addressing the
water needs of our region.”
The project involves treating water from a variety of
sources, including wastewater, agricultural produce wash
water, stormwater and irrigation water, and could begin
delivering water into the Seaside Groundwater Basin in late
2018.
Water district general manager Dave Stoldt said the “innovative
project” sets a new standard for recycling the
Peninsula’s limited water resources.
“It is the first step for a permanent replacement water supply,”
Stoldt told the Pine Cone. “By starting now, we will trict was not involved in the felling of the redwoods,” Payan insisted.
County official John Guertin said the county only hired a
contractor to do cleanup work along Palo Colorado to ensure
critical access for firefighters during the Soberanes Fire,
which was raging at the time the redwoods disappeared.
“We definitely did not cut the trees down,” county official
John Guertin said. “We wouldn’t have cut down any trees
unless the park district or Cal Fire directed us to.”
Cal Fire official Jonathan Pangburn also said his agency
had nothing to do with cutting the trees down. Cal Fire was
in the area battling the Soberanes Fire when the trees mysteriously
were taken down.
The disappearance of the redwoods came to light when a
neighbor, Kerry Frangioso, told The Pine Cone she saw “a
large number of redwoods piled up on the side of the road”
in mid-August.
Unfortunately, a wildfire can create opportunities for looting
and other illegal activities. “Law enforcement organizations
understandably declare areas affected by these types of
emergencies ‘off limits’ to unauthorized parties,” Payan said.
“This helps protect the affected property, the general public
and the personnel who are addressing the emergency. Sadly,
it is at these times when a small segment of the population
takes advantage of the situation for their personal gain.”
Used to being burned….
Redwoods are very hardy and commonly survive fire,despite being charred and giving the appearance that they’re
dead. “What may not be known to some is that redwood trees
are fire-adapted and, unlike many other tree species, may
actually survive several wildfires during their lifetimes,” he
added. “Unfortunately, it is possible that someone may
unwittingly fell a redwood tree that may have otherwise survived
a fire.”
The trees that were downed will likely come back, but
they’ll look nothing like they did before they were cut down.
“Redwoods often re-sprout from the remaining stumps, or
their nearby roots,” Payan added. “But even when it resprouts,
a redwood tree may never look like it did prior to it
being cut – at least not in our lifetime, and perhaps not even
in our grandchildren’s lifetimes.”
According to Payan, Mill Creek “was ostensibly burned in
its entirety to varying degrees of severity and remains closed
to the public until trails can be cleared, and in some cases, reestablished.”
It’s too early to say when it will reopen.
The land where the trees was taken from was once owned
by a logging company, but it was purchased by the Big Sur
Land Trust and resold to the Monterey Peninsula Regional
Park District in 1988.
Delete above the c/p got compromised and parts of 2 stories mixed in with the main story, WTH. – too bad there isn’t an edit function I could have corrected it- Damn.
Perhaps, Andrew, in the future you could simply post the LINK to something that you want to share, instead of posting the huge long post. That way, people who actually WANT to read it can click the link and problems like you had with copy and paste won’t happen. Posting just the link is what Kate and everyone else does; perhaps….
Tony, click on the link Carmel Pine Cone in the “Local Media Section” and you’ll find it..I c/p only because CPC stories bounce around through the publication. Once you find it you will understand why I make that effort- this was an error on my part…
You missed my point.
Your point was if it is too long a story don’t post, link, if interested folks will seek it out, right Tony? I think i did, now if it was something else, well maybe you are right..