The Lassen Fire Safe Council holds a public general meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, at the Susan River Fire Hall in Johnstonville.
Items on the agenda include the managing director’s report (Active Projects (CalFire Grants — Hog and Sheep Fire Forest Restoration. Shingletown WUI Fuels Treatment, Dyer Mountain WUI Fuels Treatment, Whitmore Forest and Watershed Restoration, Clear Creek and Hog Flat Fuel Treatment and RFFCP — Hazard Assessment) (SNC Grants — Bootsole, Eastside Communities and Diamond Mountain) (Other — Honey Lake Valley RCD — SPA, California Fire Safe Council — County Coordinator, USFS Cradle Valley/Bootsole Dixie Fire Salvage and Defensible Space Assistance Grant); New Planned/Awarded Projects (South Lassen Wildlife Recovery Project); Agency Updates (NRCS, SIR, BLM, CalFire, SNC, USFS, Lassen County OES, SPI, Honey Lake Power, Lassen County, Honey Lake RCD, Red Cross and Firewise Community Leaders); and Public Comment.
The Lassen Fire Safe Council’s next regularly scheduled meeting will be held Oct. 16.
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