Hi John, I would refer you to the following article http://www.cnpssd.org/fire/BajaFireModel.pdf I also have seen fires reduce intensity in SOME fuel based...
I am unwilling to accept the efficacy of prescribed burns on a chaparral landscape until scientific (not anecdotal) proof is provided. I have too frequently...
I don't disagree in the least that too frequent fires will result in type conversion to grasses and more rapid fire spread. Remember, I'm largely on your...
John, Based on what I think you are saying I would have to disagree with some of your analysis of the Zaca Fire. There is no reason to believe that IF it had a...
Jon E Keeley
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Dec 3, 2008 8:34 am
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Jon, This is straying pretty far off target from the original thread, but it's still of value. All fires are a mix of being wind driven, fuel driven and...
Folks, I have just learned that FEMA has grants available for homeowners to retrofit fire risky building designs such as roofing, venting, etc. This would be...
Here you go Brian. Rick The California Chaparral Institute ...the voice of the chaparral www.californiachaparral.org P.O. Box 545 Escondido, CA 92033 ...
***************************************************************************** Jon E. Keeley, Research Scientist USGS Western Ecological Research Center Sequoia...
Jon E Keeley
jon_keeley@...
Dec 14, 2008 10:38 am
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Just in case you want to know ALL there is to comprehend about major wildfires, current and historical, Keeley lays it out. Maybe during the rainstorms claimed...
George Courser
gcourser@...
Dec 15, 2008 1:37 am
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I concur, George. What is amazing to me is that after the incredible wealth of information the scientific, conservation, and firefighting communities have...
If we have learned one thing over the last 8 years in this country, it is that facts don't matter. All it takes is one expression of doubt cast out to the...
It's your destiny Rick, No one has a firmer grasp of the political realities (funding piracy) that county residents have endured for decades. The affront of...
George Courser
gcourser@...
Dec 15, 2008 3:12 am
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It's developer $'s and crooked planning boards that are the biggest hurdle, IMHO At 06:19 PM 12/14/2008, Richard Halsey wrote: I concur, George. What is...
It's developer $'s and crooked planning boards that are the biggest hurdle, IMHO At 06:19 PM 12/14/2008, Richard Halsey wrote: I concur, George. What is...
Now it's time to provide comments on the General Plan Update, for the County of San Diego, due Friday, January 16, 2009 (60-day comment period). This is one...
afege@...
Dec 15, 2008 8:30 pm
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I¹m working on comments, Ann. dan ... Dan Silver Executive Director Endangered Habitats League 8424-A Santa Monica Blvd., #592 Los Angeles, CA 90069-4267 Tel...
Dan Silver
dsilverla@...
Dec 15, 2008 9:03 pm
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Excellent suggestions…and add, S 3.4 Service Availability. Realign the county’s priorities in order to fund a functional county fire department. Since the...
Folks, I have been tracking down the details of the FEMA grant that I sent out after discovering it this weekend. As I suspected, according to San Diego ...
Hi Rick, Thanks for the original message and for the follow-up. As to why we didn't hear about it before, it's FEMA. The same folks who brought you the...
On January 9, 2009 at 9AM there will be a San Diego County Planning Commission hearing on Supervisor Bill Horn's directive asking county staff to develop a...
A handful of Barratt American's remaining projects, including the proposed 1,400-home Fanita Ranch development in Santee, were excluded from the bankruptcy,...
Van Collinsworth
van27@...
Dec 27, 2008 6:19 pm
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I will be out of the office starting 12/19/2008 and will not return until 01/05/2009. Happy Holidays! I will respond to your message when I return....
Marcia Narog
mnarog@...
Dec 28, 2008 12:04 am
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The Chaparral Is Not Our Enemy It's Just Very Misunderstood, Leading to Disastrous Fires By Robert Muller Wednesday, December 24, 2008 Three significant fires...
In response to the ecological succession occurring in the Cuyamaca Mountains after the 2003 Cedar fire, the current draft of San Diego County's Vegetation...
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