In fact, “public safety” is mentioned only once in the proposal. It fails to address essential “safety from fire” requirements of the citizens and communities that lay within the boundaries of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest. Your proposal is woefully deficient and inadequate. With these two observations as my backdrop, I offer the following comments on your draft proposal to harvest fire-killed trees, as requested in the “Dear Interested Citizens” scoping letter of January 5, 2018. Deeply disappointing is the agency’s plainly visible adherence to its “let burn policy,” a risky and unjustifiable “management” choice that makes no environmental or economic sense in modern times. It has failed to address the myriad issues confronting our communities in the aftermath of the Chetco Bar Fire. The Forest Service has not put its best foot forward in this proposal. Your request for citizen comment regarding your Chetco Bar Fire Salvage Proposal is written in “Forest Service speak,” an inappropriate language much too technical to be understood by most citizens living in our southern Oregon coastal communities. A well-illustrated plain-English document is what the public needs and should have at its fingertips when considering a proposal of this magnitude. I am disappointed with the Forest Service. Jessie Berner, Chetco Bar Fire Salvage Coordinator
He and his wife bought what he called “a fishing shack” at Brookings, Oregon in 1997, then retired there in 2014.The content and tone of his letter to the Forest Service leaves no doubt that he did his homework before responding to the agency’s request for comment on its draft fire salvage proposal. McMahan owned two businesses – a wholesale nursery and a title company in Vacaville – for many years. We were so pleasantly surprised by its thoughtful content that we asked him if he could clarify a couple of points he made in his original letter. U.S.Editor’s Note: Retired California businessman, Guy McMahan, sent us a copy of his response to the Forest Service’s Chetco Bar Fire Salvage Proposal. The team is working to protect these values. This unified team recognizes that every home and acre across the landscape has value to the community. This team continues working closely with the Curry County Sheriff's Office and local emergency personnel and cooperators. Forest Service, Oregon Department of Forestry and Coos Forest Protection Association. The Chetco Bar Fire is operating under a unified command structure that includes Oregon State Fire Marshal, U.S. For more info about air quality, please visit Highway 101 will continue to have limited visibility due to sea fog this morning transitioning to smoke midday. Smoke impacts and haze will increase today along the coast in the Gold Beach and Brookings-Harbor region due to northeast winds transporting smoke to the southwest. The Red Cross is continuing to staff an emergency evacuation shelter at Riley Creek Elementary at 94350 6th St. Residents in the level 2 evacuation area are advised to remain prepared to leave the area at a moment's notice, while residents in the Level 3 evacuation area are advised to stay out of the area completely. Level 2 and 3 evacuations remain in effect. The team will use helicopters and air tankers as weather allows. Firefighters have been preparing for this change in weather by building direct fire line and contingency lines on the south and southwestern portions of the fire and increasing the number of structural firefighting resources to assist with structure protection. The locally-known “Chetco Wind” is expected over the fire area beginning tonight, creating gusty Northeast winds and causing a drop in relative humidity and much warmer temperatures through Saturday. Total personnel fighting the fire is 1,174.įirefighters continued to make progress yesterday and last night, building direct fire line and indirect contingency line on the south and southwestern flank of the fire using hand crews, dozers and helicopter bucket drops.Crews continued to improve defensible space, prepping structures and setting up sprinkler systems around homes.
The fire is burning in steep, rugged terrain and is still about 5.2 miles northeast of Brookings, Oregon. English: The Chetco Bar Fire is at 102,333 acres with no containment.
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