If you are interested in the Esperanza Hills fight… you can support the effort by going to the Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday at 1:30 PM–in red of course. Read the Voice of OC Opinion Editorial from Protect Our Homes and Hills Team Member Bob Kanne.
Let us not forget the significance of November 15, 2008. Eight years ago today the Freeway Complex Fire raced through four counties and burned over 30,000 acres right here where we all live. Ninety-five percent of Chino Hills State Park was burned. Over 300 homes were damaged or destroyed. The fire taught us many lessons, let’s hope these lessons still resonate with elected officials when making policy decisions near our wildlands. Public safety is paramount.
The OC Register printed a great article on why building at the Wildland-Urban Interface is NOT a great idea. It turns out, from this UCI published report, that Santa Ana Wind driven fires cause more damage (80% of the $3.1 billion in economic losses) and move faster (three times the speed of non-wind driven fires). It all comes back to planning. Jim Randerson says it best in the article: “We can’t keep increasing new exposure with new developments in high-risk, high-wildfire … Read More
Hills For Everyone, the Carbon Canyon Fire Safe Council, and Santa Ana Watershed Association (among others) took advantage of the devastating Freeway Complex Fire to rid Carbon Creek of the invasive, non-native and highly flammable “giant reed” called Arundo donax. Learn more about the Carbon Creek Restoration by following this link.
Winter 2009 (PDF – 565 KB) Highlights: Freeway Complex Fire Arundo donax removal begun Save the Date Lawsuit against road settled