Bobbie Bicknell Coray, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
RANDOLPH, Utah. July
3, 2019. Dan Ames and Rick Larson of the
Rich County Fire Board gave Commissioners a copy of the County Wildfire Preparedness Plan. It details burn regulations for
the county, an urban wildland interface description, planning overview, mitigation
work, partnerships and collaboration.
Sweetwater, Laketown and the east side of the lake are the
three focus areas in next 5 years. They
will try to have the HOA boards mitigate fire danger, and clear fuel
strips. The County Fire Board has chippers and some equipment to help.
Laketown is working on maintenance of fire danger areas keeping them
clear. The Board recommends having the weeds sprayed for
cheat grass on the road on the east side of the lake.
A clean up has been done in Hodges Canyon and several wood
piles have been burned. When there is
snow on the ground they will burn the remaining piles.
Moisture is high this year. They found 216% of moisture in local
sage brush and so now it is fire resistant but later in the summer it will dry
out and burn. Seeds are forming early
this year. The last time the moisture level was this high was in 2015 and there
were no major fires that year.
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