Spring is actually here, officially.

I am only including those from Big Sur to Highway 68 and this week because there are so many new areas that will have some construction.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

             TAMC CONE ZONE REPORT

ROAD AND LANE CLOSURES SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 20 – MARCH 26

MONTEREY COUNTY – Here are the major scheduled road and lane closures for Monterey County from Sunday, March 20 through Saturday, March 26 – newest information is in red. Please keep in mind that construction work is weather-dependent.

Highway 1: Granite Canyon Bridge: Long – Term 
One-way traffic controls will be in place along northbound and southbound Highway 1 at Granite Canyon Bridge for bridge work from 8 am to 12 am.

Highway 1: Little Sur River Bridge: Long-Term 
Temporary traffic signals have been activated on northbound and southbound Highway 1 just south of the Little Sur Bridge as part of a planned construction project. The traffic signals will operate 24/7 and motorists may expect 10-minute traffic delays. Message and directional signs will be in place to assist travelers. 

Everything below here, pretend it is in red.

Highway 1: Palo Colorado – Rocky Creek Bridge: March 21 – March 25
One-way traffic controls will be in place along northbound Highway 1 between Palo Colorado and Rocky Creek Bridge for utility work from 8 am to 3 pm.

Highway 1: Garrapata Creek Bridge: March 21 – March 24
One-way traffic controls will be in place and there will be intermittent closures along northbound and southbound Highway 1 at Garrapata Creek Bridge for work along the highway from 8 am to 4 pm.

Highway 1: South Carmel Hill Dr. – Stewart Pl./Flanders Dr.: March 21 – March 25 
One lane closure will be in place along northbound Highway 1 between South Carmel Hill Drive and Stewart Place/Flanders Drive for drainage work from 8 pm to 6 am.

Highway 1: Ocean Avenue – Carmel Valley Road: March 21 – March 22 
One lane closure will be in place along southbound Highway 1 between Ocean Avenue and Carmel Valley Road for tree work from 8 pm to 5 am.

Highway 1: Eighth Street: March 22– March 23 
One lane closure will be in place along southbound Highway 1 at Eight Street for bridge work from 9 am to 2 pm.

State Route 68: Prescott Lane – Forest Hill Boulevard: March 21 – March 24
One lane closure will occur along westbound SR 68 between Prescott Lane and ForestHill Boulevard for utility work from 8 am to 4 pm.

Both the online seminar and the article appear to be very interesting and timely. If you are interested in either one, read this post.

by ForestWatch on MARCH 16, 2022  in FIRE, LAND MANAGEMENT

Register for March 30 Webinar featuring panel discussion with article co-authors.

ForestWatch’s Conservation Director, Bryant Baker, recently co-authored a peer-reviewed scientific paper about forest and fire management in the western U.S. that is being published in the April issue of the journal, Biological Conservation. The full article is now publicly available online.

The paper, Have western USA fire suppression and megafire active management approaches become a contemporary Sisyphus?, was led by renowned forest and fire ecologist Dr. Dominick DellaSala, Chief Scientist at Wild Heritage, who just today testified about current forest management policies before the House Oversight Subcommittee on the Environment. Other co-authors include Dr. Chad Hanson at John Muir Project, Dr. William Baker at University of Wyoming (no relation to Bryant), and Luke Ruediger at Klamath Forest Alliance.

There is ongoing scientific debate about current forest management and fire suppression practices. This new paper adds to a growing body of evidence that questions the widespread use of intensive commercial thinning and other fuel reduction activities, especially as strategies to protect communities from large weather- and climate-driven wildfires. The authors note in the article:

Treating wildfires using bottom-up fuels reduction approaches when top-down extreme climate factors are increasingly overriding such efforts…could push ecosystems beyond resilience thresholds…at the further expense of biodiversity and the climate.

For the rest of this article see Forest Watch link here: https://lpfw.org/forestwatch-co-authors-peer-reviewed-article-on-forest-and-fire-management/

Incident: 00214 Type: Report of Fire Location: Sr1 N / Imjin Pkwy Loc Desc: NB 1/2 JSO IMJIN Lat/Lon: 36.666061 -121.814789 

Detail Information
1:53 PM	1	[1] GRASS FIRE ON THE RS

I can’t imagine it is going to get out of control, but it might be wise to avoid the area for a few hours.

Hi there,

I am the community engagement manager at Woods Humane Society in San Luis Obispo. We have partnered with Carl on his Spring for Pups fundraiser and love his commitment to help raise money for animals in need. We have it on our events calendar and have been helping him promote it. He asked me to reach out to confirm. Please let me know if there is anything you need from me 😊

https://woodshumanesociety.org/events/

Robin Coleman

Woods Humane Society

Community Engagement Manager

805-543-9316 x 31

You can read more about this project and donate here:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/spring-for-the-pups-woods-humane-society-slo

The first time I came to the Monterey Peninsula was my honeymoon. The second time I came, it was to try and get my husband out of the Army on a hardship discharge. It was quite a process, but better than Viet Nam. I moved up here for months while I jumped through all the hoops and got all the required documentation. Last week I drove through some of the old Fort Ord and took these photos.

Evacuations have been ordered for the Hollister Ranch area as a precaution. It is in Alegria Canyon with difficult access.

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HollisterFire ( Santa Barbara Co) – IC reporting the fire is approx 75 acres as of 2:30 or so ago per AA430. T86, T88, T91 & T100 assigned to the fire, 2 tankers + 2 copters requested for tomorrow

Don’t forget tonight:

Date:	Wednesday, March 9, 2022
District:	05 – Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz Counties
Contact:	Kevin Drabinski or Jim Shivers
Phone:	(805) 549-3138 or (805) 549-3237

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

HIGHWAY 1 AT BIXBY BRIDGE TO CLOSE OVERNIGHT FOR FOUR NIGHTS BEGINNING MONDAY MARCH 28

MONTEREY COUNTY – Maintenance work on the Bixby Bridge (PM 59.5) will result in full overnight closures of Highway 1 at Bixby Bridge for four nights beginning Monday March 28. This is a continuation of work initiated last July to effect repairs to the concrete on the bridge structure.

The hours of the overnight closures will be from 10 pm to 6:00 am.

Highway 1 at Bixby Bridge will be closed:

Monday March 28              10 pm to 6 am

Tuesday March 29             10 pm to 6 am

Wednesday March 30        10 pm to 6 am

Thursday March 31            10 pm to 6 am

This schedule is weather dependent as rain or wind may affect the use of specialized equipment.

Note: Due to the use of a large crane and other heavy equipment on the bridge during the closure, the roadway would take at least 30 minutes to reopen for emergency vehicles.

Caltrans is working closely with the California Highway Patrol to coordinate traffic control and emergency response during closure hours.

In case of an emergency requiring travel across the Bixby Bridge during the hours of the closures, residents and all travelers are advised to call 911

There is no detour for this closure and traffic control will direct motorists to return along Highway 1 in the direction from which they came.

Message and directional signs will alert motorists in advance of the closure area.

These closures are necessary for contracted maintenance crews to perform repairs and inspections on the bridge support for the safety of all travelers.

If they would only do that here. Note the date of the expiration of this order — Feb. 24, 2024.

SOLVANG, Calif.— Los Padres National Forest officials announced that all campfires are now prohibited on National Forest System lands in the Santa Barbara front country due to the increasing fire danger and the potential threat to downslope communities. This prohibition will remain in effect through Feb. 24, 2024.

Over the past 15 years, eight large wildfires have directly impacted the front country communities of Goleta, Santa Barbara, Montecito, Summerland and Carpinteria. Extreme fire weather events are now occurring year-round and are compounded by the long-term, severe drought affecting Central and Southern California.

“We’re taking this step to reduce the risk of an escaped campfire sparking a catastrophic wildfire in the urban interface,” said Santa Barbara District Ranger Daryl Hodges. “The front country frequently experiences hot, dry and gusty conditions that are simply incompatible with campfires.”

There are no developed Forest Service recreation sites along the Santa Barbara front country, nor are there any trash receptacles or public restrooms. Visitors are strongly encouraged to practice Leave No Trace principles and pack out everything they bring with them.

Front country visitors possessing a valid California Campfire Permit will be permitted to use portable lanterns or stoves that run on propane, jellied petroleum, or pressurized liquid fuel.  

To obtain a California Campfire Permit or to read this prohibition and its map, please visit the Forest website at http://www.fs.usda.gov/lpnf.