Local Letters: East Edition 2:00 a.m. March 7, 2009 A better alternative to Fanita Ranch Superior Court has ruled the fire safety plan for Fanita Ranch...
Van Collinsworth
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Mar 8, 2009 2:03 am
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I will be out of the office starting 02/27/2009 and will not return until 03/09/2009....
gchill@...
Mar 8, 2009 6:02 am
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Hello Kandhy Franklin, I want you and the other residents of Crest to know that any anger you might have felt when you read Jennifer Vigil's Sunday article,...
Kay
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Mar 9, 2009 8:25 pm
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Hi Kay, Hi Kandhy And the group of those who received Kay's mailing. I am in the process of relocating out of Crest and into the border between Alpine and...
To continue the conversations on "brush", and "weed" management, I read the San Diego Union story again. I found alarming the statements by Mr. Gonzales that...
The North County MSCP Plan draft was released on February 19, with comments due April 6. I finally took time to scan the various documents, all posted at...
afege@...
Mar 13, 2009 3:01 pm
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".therefore, maintaining a variety of age classes is important to maintain these characteristic species assemblages." Despite the fact that numerous scientists...
OK, this is getting under my skin. The front of my head it really getting sore. The wall isn't faring any better. I think it would be really illuminating if...
Risk Assessment. Fire is an important natural disturbance within the Plan area that promotes vegetation and wildlife diversity, releases nutrients, and...
George Courser
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Mar 13, 2009 6:25 pm
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Folks: Please be careful on whom you cast aspersions! The words being quoted by George and Rick are from MSCP documents written by County staff and their...
Thanks Wayne, "The words being quoted by George and Rick are from MSCP documents written by County staff and their consultants, NOT by, or even with support...
George Courser
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Mar 14, 2009 2:32 am
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This news story broke today, from a report in the 'Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences'. As if we didn't already have enough concern over power...
***************************************************************************** Jon E. Keeley, Research Scientist USGS Western Ecological Research Center Sequoia...
Jon E Keeley
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Mar 18, 2009 4:13 am
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SDFRN'ers, Below is a note that I sent to the California Native Plant Society discussion group. I thought you might find it of interest. Rick ... Friends, It...
Comment on Newland¹s Merriam Mountains Fire Trap by April 27, 2009 Merriam Mountains Specific Plan Re-circulated Environmental Impact Report ...
Van Collinsworth
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Mar 20, 2009 1:25 am
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FIRE OFFICIALS SCORCH STAY-AND-DEFEND POLICY, CITE DEATH TOLL IN AUSTRALIAN WILDFIRES More February 2009 Articles News Wildfire News Australia shelter in place...
Van Collinsworth
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Mar 27, 2009 6:09 pm
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Without shelter in place, the homes will go down one by one. Even if the people evacuate they should have some hope that their homes will be there, even if...
Alas, despite a broken foot, the beautiful sunshine today, and my need to forget the political insanity many of us experienced at the San Diego County Board of...
If we can, we might send copies to the nine fire representatives the current report by the USGS researchers about fire treatments and their suitability to the...
REMINDER! It's important that YOU review and comment on this NOW! This message was sent on March 13, likely it's buried in many of our inboxes! Note that...
afege@...
Apr 1, 2009 1:50 pm
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It’s real. There are dozens of acres “cleared” each day, in the name of wildfire risk reduction. Even when we know that 100 feet of defensible space...
afege@...
Apr 1, 2009 2:05 pm
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Ann, Having been at this observation of grading violations and scraping of open space since 1983, I would say on some days it is dozens, but on many days, it...
³... flame retardants can cause thyroid hormone disruption and interfere with developing reproductive and nervous systems... Preliminary studies suggest that...
Van Collinsworth
van27@...
Apr 1, 2009 5:54 pm
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In addition now that my day has been well started... Asplundh and Davey tree service is under contract with SDG&E for tree and pole clearance maintenance....
Thank you Anne for this alert because unless A LOT more folks start getting involved in this effort, things could become a whole lot worse. How? General Bio...
That would be terrific if they were focused on that. However, from my preliminary investigation of the company it looks like they are primarily interested in...
Some of the areas in the Boulder Creek area, burned , were reacted to, cleared, and then in 80-100 mph winds are loosing top soil like the great dust bowl...
Janet, As usual, you have zeroed in on the problem. - We have a county planning department here in San Diego that is on record as saying chaparral will come...
Wow! Lots of good comments/concerns about biofuels/bioenergy in the past 24 hours on these listserves. Actually, biomass utilization was one aspect of...
afege@...
Apr 2, 2009 2:16 pm
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Great dialogues about biomass energy generation from chaparral and biofuel plantations, which in my humble opinion, is not ever going to be a threat in San...