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Creature corner
By Jane Stonehill
Tinker Bell is a darling, 4-year-old Shih
Tzu-mix. She is gentle, quiet and very loving.
Tink wants a quiet home where someone is
available to hold her most of the time. She is
a pretty soft beige color. Call ARF or see her on weekends at
ARF headquarters on adoption day. (951) 659-1122.
Sandy, too, is looking for a home. This tan-colored, Chihuahua-mix
is about 2 years old and she weighs 14 pounds. Sandy
is truly charming and affectionate. 659-1122.
Dakota, a gorgeous Siberian-husky-shepherd-mix, desperately
needs a home. She would like a male dog companion and a
chance to have a place in a family home. She is well-behaved
and loving. Her time is very short and difficult decisions will
be made soon regarding this great dog. Call right away if you
have a foster home or place. Amy, a 10-year-old border-colliemix,
recently lost her owner. Sad and grieving, Amy is in a kind
foster home, but needs a home soon. She is a friendly, healthy
house dog, well-behaved and quiet in the house. She prefers a
quiet home without cats and perhaps no other dogs to bother
her. 659-1122.
Bubba is a handsome, 2-year-old neutered, housebroken bull
mastiff. Sweet-natured and loving, he prefers a home with no
small pets. He likes children. Call ARF or the Ponderosa Pet
Store, 659-4597.
Several pet rabbits are available for adoption. Call Holly at
the Ponderosa, 659-4597. Also available is Sweetie Peetie, a pet
rat. A fine turtle has come into ARF’s care and needs a home
soon. Vicky, a corgi-mix, and her daughter, Stacy, are loving, quiet
and accustomed to being outside. But with a refresher course in
house-training, they could become the house dogs they long to
be. Bonnie and Clyde, sibling Lab-shepherd-mix dogs, are just
about out of time in their present situation. They must find a
home, preferably together, very soon. Always together, these great
dogs are housebroken and friendly with everyone. A foster home
and permanent placement are desperately needed. 659-1122.
Rosa and Louise, charming tortoise-shell cats, still need a
home together. Gentle and very affectionate, they are champion
purrers. See them at the ARF office this weekend between 11
a.m. and 4 p.m. during adoption days.
Sarah is an older, yellow Lab rescued and brought to ARF
this week. Abandoned with just a bowl of water beside her, she
was left on a busy road to fend for herself. She is very loving
and forgiving of the brute who abandoned her. Beautiful, gentle
and sweet, Sarah will need a home after she has had some basic
veterinary care. She deserves the best. 659-1122.
The next veterinary vaccine clinic at ARF headquarters will
be held on Feb. 9. Make an appointment or just walk in that
day from 11 a.m. to 4. p.m.
ARF is an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization working to
assist the animals of the mountain communities. Write to ARF
at P.O. Box 1965, Idyllwild, CA 92549. ARF headquarters are
located on North Circle Drive in the Oakwood Village. Call ARF
volunteers at 659-1122.
Creature corner is sponsored this week by “Ron Schingo, Molly
& Bradley.” To sponsor the column, call Grace Reed at the Town
Crier, 659-2145.
Review
Continued from page 11
The Healthy Forest Restoration
Acts of 2003, and of
2004, streamlined the process
for initiating fuels reduction
projects. As part of the Act,
agencies with a completed
Community Wildfire Protection
Plan (CWPP) can
secure more hazardous fuels
abatement money.
Fire protection agencies
made CWPP a priority for
2005. In July 2004, the Mountain
Communities Fire Safe
Council (MCFSC) agreed to
prepare the CWPP for the
Hill. At a March meeting, the
MCFSC agreed with other
agencies to look into hiring
a consultant to complete the
CWPP.
The areas included in the
CWPP were Idyllwild, Fern
Valley, Pine Cove, Mountain
Center and Pinyon.
By August, the MCFSC
announced that it was working
with a private-sector geographic
and digital mapping
firm based in Redlands to
prepare the plan. The CWPP
is a plan for an at-risk community
that:
Is developed within the
context of the collaborative
agreements and guidance
Heber G. Dunn, D.D.S.
established by the Wildland
Fire Leadership Council and
agreed to by the applicable
local government, local fire
department, and state agency
responsible for forest management,
in consultation with
the interested parties and the
federal land management
agencies managing land in
the vicinity of the at-risk
community. For more information
about the significance
of a CWPP, see the Town
Crier story, “Fire agencies
want help to complete wildfire
plan,” March 3, 2005, by
J.P. Crumrine.
Several agencies began
Hill fuels reduction projects.
The Forest Service moved
forward with several fuel
reduction projects including:
the North Fork project, the
Highway 243 project (aimed
to aid evacuation in case of
a fire), and the Southridge
project.
These projects were open
for public comment. The
Center for Biological Diversity
(CBD) objected to the
North Fork project without
an environmental impact
statement, as would have
been required under the National
Environmental Policy
Act, the Act that came prior
to Bush’s Healthy Forests
Restoration Act.
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The other projects were
not met with objection except
by a part-time resident, Walter
Anderson, who thought
the Southridge looked like
a clear cut. The area he saw
was actually heavily thinned
because of its vicinity to
homes.
“This is an intensive forest
reduction zone,” said Gregg
Castleberry, assistant ranger
for the San Jacinto Ranger
District. “This occurs only
next to communities. It’s a
200- to 600-foot-wide transition
zone into less intensive
thinning.”
The Natural Resources
Conservation Service
(NRCS), a federal agency,
moved forward with several
fuel reduction projects
including: Pietrok, Idyllwild
Arts, Saunders Meadow,
Fern Valley Water District,
Idyllwild Arts South and Lia
Hona. The NRCS is continuing
to fund projects on the
Hill.
The California State Park
system began clearing campgrounds
as well.
Southern California
Edison also cleared fuels
from around power lines.
Heavy storm weather beginning
in January posed
another obstacle for fire
crews and abaters. The San
54805 North Circle Dr.
Bernardino National Forest
received $6.2 million to
repair more than 143 roads
washed out due to storms, including
39 in the San Jacinto
district.
In mid-June, a multiagency
field drill tested the
departments’ equipment and
an evacuation plan, and identifed
ways fire protection
could be improved on the
Hill.
The CDF, Idyllwild Fire
Department, the Riverside
County Fire Department, the
Riverside County Sheriff ’s
Department, the California
Highway Patrol, the Bureau
of Land Management, San
Bernardino National Forest
Fire and Aviation Management,
and Riverside Emergency
Animal Rescue Services
all participated, and the drill
was deemed a huge success.
In August, the San Bernardino
National Forest announced
that Forest Supervisor
Gene Zimmerman would retire
by the end of the year. Jeane
Wade Evans, would replace
him and start on Oct. 2.
Evans began her career
with the Forest Service in
1977 and left her job in
Washington, D.C., as program
manager for fuels on
the Forest Service’s Fire and
Aviation Management staff.
Bryan L. Dunn, D.D.S.
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