Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council-San Jacinto WUI Fuels Reduction
Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council-San Jacinto WUI Fuels Reduction
Summary
SCH Number
2016118115
Lead Agency
Forestry and Fire Protection, Department of
(Cal Fire)
Document Title
Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council-San Jacinto WUI Fuels Reduction
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
11/8/2016
Document Description
The San Jacinto Mountains Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) is located in a densely overgrown forest where years of drought, bark beetle infestation, and seasonal dry winds known as Santa Ana severely increase the potential of a catastrophic wildfire. Norm Walker, Retired U.S.F.S. Division Chief, San Bernardino National Forest, provided the following description of the local communities: "The communities within the WUI are old established communities. There are no practical means of widening roads, establishing 'green belts' of manicured lawns, or building block walls between the community an d wildland.
