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 |