Grant County CWPP Staff Login
04/28/2012
UPPER MIDDLE FORK COMMUNITY MEETING
Upper Middle Fork
CWPP Community Meeting
April 28, 2012

Values:
-Timber
-Wildlife
-Watershed/Forest
-Scenery
-Grazing Land for Livestock
-People
-Remoteness
-Road Safety (for bicycles, motorcycles,etc)
-Bates Park (this was considered a value by
some and a detriment by others)
-River
-Aspen and Tamarack (western larch)
-Salmon
-History of Area (old structures, Susanville,
Austin, Galena, Dunstan Ranch)
-Powerline
-Homes and Improvements

Issues/Concerns:
-Emergency services lack of coordination
between agencies during wildfires.

-Notify landowners of correct emergency
numbers to call when CWPP is revised.

-GPS homes on map and make available on web.

-Consider reverse 911 system in Grant County.
-Information not readily available in Grant county
Emergency services are handicapped because
information is not computerized and readily available.
Not available in Emergency service vehicles

-No communications during emergencies-
Who do you call?
Call 911 from Middle Fork area and dispatch thinks
it is Baker County.

-Agencies are not adequately informed where livestock/
people/etc. are during emergency (i.e. wildfire) events

-Intercommunication between agencies is non-existent
-Umatilla/Malheur/WW not communicating, citizens get
run around when calling during wildfire events to
determine what is going on.

-Uma/Mal/WW don't have correct or updated information
-Middle Fork residents will provide list of
names/numbers/locations in their zone.
Beth Upshaw will coordinate. Potluck list
create phone tree.

-What information do dispatchers need during wildfire?
Road numbers?
Legals?
What are the correct terms to use?

-Need list of critical information for residents
Horses?
Livestock?
Other?

-Prioritized list of hazardous fuels on Forest Service-
everywhere that borders private land
(and everywhere on FS!)

-FS wants information on where homes and cabins are

Recommendations:
-This zone should extend from Hwy 7 to Hwy 395
-The lower Middle Fork should be a separate zone as well
-Field trip with FS to look at Rx burns
-Get information on local areas to lookouts
(cabins/homes/people/stock/etc.)

-Grant County Assessor's office need to build electronic
database with overlays like other counties have

-If database built with updated CWPP could it be
transferred to county assessor's tax base?

-FS/BLM don't always know where homes, etc. are
(tax assessor's office issue) lives, resources,
and money at stake.

-Develop water sources in Middle Fork area
-Identify locations of ponds and water sources
by GPS and put on overlay

-Clean out ponds in area
Announcements
OCTOBER NEWS

October is Fire Prevention Month! Grant County has a new Firewise Community on Canyon Creek Lane coming on line soon. Congratulations!
Grant County's other Firewise Communities are in the process of renewing their National Firewise Status. Canyon Creek Lane will make five Firewise Communities is Grant County.

Posted October 4, 2019.
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