Last night, Brendon came upon an unattended campfire. He video taped his encounter. I was not able to upload the entire 3 minute video, so I did some stills. While he was pouring the first of 3 gallons of water on the fire, the people came out of the woods. He educated these people who said they were from SF. They were about a mile or so from my house. Good job, kiddo!
By Todd Gartner (World Resources Institute), Nathalie Woolworth (Blue Forest Conservation), and Adam Connaker (Rockefeller Foundation)
The Yuba Water Agency (YWA) provides water, flood control and hydropower for communities in Northern California, and serves as a supplementary source for cities and farms across California in dry years through its water transfer program.
For the agency and everyone they serve, wildfires are bad news. In addition to endangering YWA’s workers and customers, sediment from a wildfire could clog the agency’s reservoir, damaging its infrastructure and increasing operating costs.
Wildfires are increasing in number, scale and intensity throughout California. Massive fires erupted recently to the west in Mendocino and to the southeast in Yosemite. YWA can’t help but wonder if their watershed is next.
Across the country, concerned groups ranging from utilities to transportation departments to water-dependent companies are wondering what they can do to reduce wildfire risk in fire-prone areas. These entities may soon look to Yuba to learn about a pioneering approach to financing risk reduction: This week, project developer Blue Forest Conservation (BFC) and World Resources Institute cemented funding for a $4.6 million forest restoration project through the first-ever Forest Resilience Bond (FRB).
The FRB is an innovative financing tool that raises private capital to fund interventions such as forest restoration that reduce the chances of fire. Investors provide capital to fund project implementation. Stakeholders that benefit from restoration—smaller fires mean lower costs—reimburse the investors over time.
To read the rest of this article, go here: https://www.blueforestconservation.com/bfcthoughts/2018/11/1/announcing-frb-yuba-pilot-project
| 9:44 PM | 12 | [44] SO REQ CHP RESPOND TO ASST W/ HIGHWAY CLOSURE | |||||
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| 9:33 PM | 10 | [37] MANDATORY EVACUATION FOR COAST – FIRE AT TOP OF HILL – PER SCANNER | |||||
| 9:30 PM | 9 | [34] [Notification] [CHP]-PER MTRY COM, SO AND FIRE ENRT 48280 SR1 – JNO OF THIS 1020 / BIG SUR SO IN AREA /1ST DRIVEWAY TO THE RIGHT AFTER YOU PASSED THE POST RANCH / TREES ON FIRES / POSS SPREADING TO STRUCTURES / MEDIC 24 ALSO POSS C/FIRE INVLD [Shared] | |||||
| 9:30 PM | 8 | [33] PER SCANNER – VEH ON FIRE AND TREES ON FIRE SO FAR | |||||
| 9:27 PM | 7 | [31] [Appended, 21:27:28] [6] RP LIVES AND WORKS THERE // BELIEVES ITS THE HOUSES THAT ARE ON FIRE | |||||
| 9:22 PM | 6 | [23] FIRE 200 YARDS FROM HOUSES | |||||
| 9:22 PM | 5 | [14] RP ON COAST RIDGE RD | |||||
| 9:21 PM | 4 | [11] TRANS TO CDF MTRY | |||||
| 9:17 PM | 3 | [19] [Appended, 21:22:25] [3] PER SLNS COM THEY HAVE FIRE REPORTED AT 48280 SR1 | |||||
| 9:16 PM | 2 | [18] [Appended, 21:22:25] [2] STRUCTURE FIRE | |||||
| 9:16 PM | 1 | [17] [Appended, 21:22:25] [1] RP CAN SEE FIRE FROM BIG SUR | |||||
Happy Halloween. Remember…
Here are some photos Nadine Clark took this am, 10/31/18 at the bridge:
And here is one by Ken Ekelund:
When I drove by today around 12:30 or so, Cal Trans completely blocked off and/or occupied ALL parking places near the bridge, even on the north bound side, all the way around the corner. They also blocked off OCR completely for parking/gawking/stopping. I was driving my huge new Sprinter van by myself, so no way to get photos without stopping in the middle of the road like a tourist. So I didn’t. But if any of you local passengers got a shot, please ship it off to me. You know all my addresses…
I guess after Lisa Krieger’s article last Friday, then the Big Sur Multi-Agency Advisrory Council meeting the same day, I guess they heard us.
Also at the Big Sur Multi-Agency Advisory Council meeting, Cal Trans announced that if they get an extreme weather advisory from NOAA, they would be locking the gates on both sides of Paul’s Slide and Mud Creek.They haven’t said anything yet, but I’m betting if there is an extreme event, Gray Slip may let go, too. Might not even take an extreme event. Suzana promised me an official announcement by tomorrow re this gating.
Great article in today’s San Jose Merc. News by Lisa Krieger.
BIG SUR – It’s not just the growing number of visitors that pose a problem to the famed Bixby Bridge. It’s their bad manners.
Beyond the trampled yellow hazard tape, behind the “Warning Steep Slope Stay Back” sign, between rosettes of toilet paper, crowds gather to gawk at this graceful span.
Traffic on this breathtaking stretch of California’s iconic Highway 1 stalls to a standstill as drivers await parking spots, horns honking. Tour buses idle on the adjacent Old Coast Road, blocking transit. A drone buzzes overhead. On its cliffs, a discarded bottle of Prosecco desecrates a sublime ocean view.
”People aren’t treating it with the respect that it deserves and needs to have,” said Monterey County Supervisor Mary Adams, who represents the region.
You can find the rest of this article here: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/10/25/big-surs-beloved-bixby-bridge-goes-viral-bringing-trouble/
Many of you have asked re the smoke east of Salinas today. BEU is doing a controlled burn on 1200 acres of private land in the Gabilan Range. They did a test fire this am, and it was a go. No worries.
From Martha Diehl:
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| 4:07 PM | 16 | [43] ,NUMBER 2 SHUT DOWN FOR FIRE SB AT JOHN | |||||
| 3:58 PM | 15 | [40] [Appended, 15:58:29] [2] PER DUPE 1 FIRE SB 101 JSO AIRPORT THEN SEVERAL SMALL FIRES NB 101 JSO AIRPORT | |||||
| 3:54 PM | 14 | [38] PER DUPE CHP IS 1097 AT 1 OF THE FIRES | |||||
| 3:53 PM | 13 | [35] 2 FIRES ON RHS NB 101 AND LARGER ONE NEAR ABBOTT ST ON SB 101 SIDE [Shared] | |||||
| 3:51 PM | 12 | [28] [Appended, 15:51:56] [2] RP ADV APPROX 20 YARDS THERE IS ANOTHER FIRE | |||||
| 3:50 PM | 11 | [27] [Appended, 15:51:56] [1] 1 FIRE AT ABBOTT, SEVERAL FIRES | |||||
| 3:49 PM | 10 | [21] [Appended, 15:50:21] [6] 4TH SPOT OF FIRE ON JOHN ST PER RP // MTRY COM COPIED | |||||
| 3:48 PM | 9 | [15] PER RP TO MTYCOM POSS FM VEH DRAGGING A CHAIN | |||||
| 3:48 PM | 8 | [19] [Appended, 15:50:21] [4] FLAMES AND SMOKE SEEN | |||||
| 3:48 PM | 7 | [17] [Appended, 15:50:21] [2] BRUSH FIRE SEEN ON RHS | |||||
| 3:48 PM | 6 | [13] B27-073 N20 ADV FIRE WILL BE SB AT JOHN UNDER OPASS | |||||
| 3:44 PM | 5 | [3] FIRE ENRT | |||||
| 3:44 PM | 4 | [6] [Appended, 15:45:07] [3] TRANS MTY COMM FOR FIRE | |||||
| 3:44 PM | 3 | [2] TRANS TO MONT COM | |||||
| 3:44 PM | 2 | [1] GRASS FIRE / RS | |||||
| 3:44 PM | 1 | [4] [Appended, 15:45:07] [1] SB 101 JSO JOHN / FIRE ON BOTH SIDES | |||||
4:15 pm – Fire holding at 50 acres. Forward progress stopped.
3:30 PM – Reported at 25 acres on a ridge top.
3 pm – a friend just told me AA 340 was sent from Paso Airport to check it out and report back.
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| 2:49 PM | 5 | [23] [Notification] [CHP]-CDF ADV VEH TC’D/ROLLED WHICH CAUSED THE FIRE – LAS VENTANAS DEVELOPMENT – 4800 CAMINO PURISIMA IS I/C – CDF WILL HAVE THE DRIVER – REQ CHP [Shared] | |||||
| 2:43 PM | 4 | [19] PER CALFIRE I/C BEING SET UP 4800 BLOCK OF CAMINO PURISIMA | |||||
| 2:17 PM | 3 | [12] [Appended, 14:17:31] [1] RP HAS VIS OF FIRE FM FWY AT LB,TO THE EAST OF AG | |||||
| 2:15 PM | 2 | [10] [Appended, 14:16:26] [2] SUBJS TRESSPASSING WHICH CAUSED THE FIRE | |||||
| 2:10 PM | 1 | [1] RP SEES FIRE TO THE EAST | |||||
From the CHP website:
