New fuel reduction project with helicopter work to start in Wrightwood

[Surfer_Dude]

Those are more than good photos..well done!

[Wrightwood]

The helicopter portion of this project has been completed.
Approximately 3,000 dead, dying & diseased trees have been removed from the 771 acre project.
The contractor Arrowhead Enterprises continues to process the material and hopes to complete this week. They are located in Blue Jay, CA.

[Wildman]

The experience of Deer Lodge Park in Lake Arrowhead during the Grass Valley Fire shows that these fuel reductions make a significant difference in whether a community survives wild fire or not.  The Wrightwood Fire Safe Council and all the agencies involved should be very proud of this accomplishment and all those fuel treatments that are being planned.

[love_walnuts]

Not to be selfish, but...

Where are the woodchips I see being shredded and are they going to be left for public use? Or was the shredding done directly to a truckbed and carted out?

[Wrightwood]

The wood chips are the contractors responsibility.

I've sent you a PM.

[love_walnuts]

The wood chips are the contractors responsibility.

I've sent you a PM.

Thank you.

[SkierBob]

The helicopter portion of this project has been completed.
Approximately 3,000 dead, dying & diseased trees have been removed from the 771 acre project.
The contractor Arrowhead Enterprises continues to process the material and hopes to complete this week. They are located in Blue Jay, CA.

So will they be removing more trees using means other then by helicopter?   

[lagomorphmom]

I was going to chime in on the chips, but had a thought. I dunno what you want to use them for Walnuts but I wanted to throw them around the yard here and there for weed inhibition. So, I wonder if chips partially from diseased, dying, or dead (from who knows what) trees is such a good idea after all.

I can't believe they did 3000 trees in such a short, to me anyway, time. Great job by one and all.

[love_walnuts]

I was going to chime in on the chips, but had a thought. I dunno what you want to use them for Walnuts but I wanted to throw them around the yard here and there for weed inhibition. So, I wonder if chips partially from diseased, dying, or dead (from who knows what) trees is such a good idea after all.

I can't believe they did 3000 trees in such a short, to me anyway, time. Great job by one and all.

Same for me. I was thinking of dust abatement and weed abatement, but with the diseases, would that affect my live pines that they are near? Is it contagious?