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08/14/2012
SENECA COMMUNITY MEETING #2
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Values at Risk:
-Isolation
-Culture of a small town
-Environment of a small town
-Close to the forest
-Wide open space
-Recreation in the woods such as mushroom picking, butterflies,
hunting, etc.
-Way of life
-Homes and buildings in Seneca and the outlying area
Issues/Concerns/Recommendations:
-Sage brush grows right up to the edge of town
-Community does not have the ability to put fires out: no
volunteers to operate fire trucks in Seneca.
-Trucks are old and not suited for wildland fire.
-Population is aging.
-Removing cattle from the forest will increase the fuels and the
fire hazard.
-Pine butterfly infected trees are extremely flammable right now.
-No logging going on in the forest to speak of.
-Old rotten trees are dying and going to waste.
-Can't afford to log the material that is for sale now- not in the
business of losing money.
-A rural fire truck based in the area would be a huge benefit to
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