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Text Box: A concern about excess slash build up from private fuel reduction projects in the Union Pass area arose during the scoping process for the US Forest Service’s Warm Springs Fuel Reduction Project. Because of these concerns the Warm Springs Fuel Reduction Project Decision Notice authorized the gravel pit located on US Forest Service land in T42, R108 W, and Sec.29 for a slash pile. This slash pile is for the private landowners in this area to pile woody debris generated by fuel reduction treatments from their properties. No other materials may be put in the pile. Any garbage, refuge,

Text Box: old tires, or anything of this nature found in the pile will most likely end the use of this site and may result in a fine for the person(s) responsible for the items. Treated wood and other materials generated from structure construction may NOT be placed in this pile. Informational signs and green metal posts will mark the location of this pile. The pile will be monitored for its size and may be burned throughout the year by US Forest Service fire crews depending on the weather and pile condition. To help make this pile clean up easier, pile the slash as high as you can and keep it narrow at the

Text Box: bottom. This will make the pile easier to burn and it will also burn more completely. This pile will be monitored by private individuals who want to keep this pile as a tool in reducing hazardous fuels in the community and by the US Forest Service. Please use Forest Service Road 532 to access the gravel pit and slash pile. This will lessen the impact on the road system in the subdivision. by Carl Jungck U.S. Forest Service

Text Box: space, fire-resistive construction materials, red fire numbers, the formation of the Firewise Council, the community slash pile’s new home, fire department water supplies, and the State and Federal forest health projects in the area. Specifically, the meeting was designed to meet the homeowners from the area and address some of the issues related to rural life in the urban interface. In the near future Firewise will be holding similar meetings at many of the other wildland/urban interface communities across the county. These

Text Box: The January 17, Union Pass Firewise Meeting was a great success. Many cooperating agencies were able to attend including U.S.F.S., B.L.M., State Forestry, Dubois Fire, and Fremont County Fire. We here at Firewise would like to thank everyone who was able to attend and for making it such an informative meeting. We would also like to thank all the residents who were at the meeting; without your help these type of informative meetings could not take place. We discussed many issues such as defensible

Text Box: meetings will address the specific problems each community faces and will work towards mitigating some of the hazards associated with the possibility of a devastating wildfire in that community. If you missed the meeting, but would like to know what happened, please visit our website at www.fremont countyfirewise.com There you will find a link to the minutes from the meeting where everything is discussed in detail. by Shad Cooper Fremont County Firewise

Text Box: “The U.S. Forest Service Gravel Pit has been authorized for a community slash pile.”

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“The meeting was designed to meet the homeowners from the area and address some of the issues related to rural life in the urban interface.”