A small but dedicated group of Firewise supporters did a work party on April 30th, in honor of Wildfire Preparedness Day. Several members of the Firewise committee had cut down and limbed large dead trees ahead of time. Workers on the 30th did more limbing and a lot of hauling to create a pile for the chipper. We celebrated by consuming cookies provided by the homeowners. We have noticed that many other homeowners are also doing fuel reduction on their own lots. Thank you to everyone who is helping to make us all safer.

The Board has become aware we have many people in the Park which do not have daily or weekly contact with someone outside of their home or need help with day to day living.  IF you would like to have someone call you to just make sure all is going well or need help, please fill out the following or to fill other needs.

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Wildfire Community Preparedness Day is May 7th, 2022.  Firewise will have a work party on April 30th, from 9am to noon to decrease fuels in an area of the park that needs it.  We will be thinning, limbing, removing brush, and felling dead trees.  Everyone is welcome and encouraged to participate.   After the work party we will be hiring a commercial chipper to process and spread the debris.  The chipping process will also be offered free to all community members that need their fuel debris chipped, as long as our chipping budget holds out.  Remember to stack the debris along the road where the chipper can get to it, but not so close that it interferes with road work and plowing.  Remember also to stack the debris with the butts out for easier handling by the chipper crew.  The chipping will occur the week of Wildfire Community Preparedness Day.  Firewise information will also be mailed to all community members sometime this spring, to help remind us of how we can make our properties more Firewise.

There are two information boxes posted at each information bulletin board in the park. One is on the corner of Golden Pine and East Ponderosa and the other on the Red Cedar information bulletin board. Each box has the Shaded Fuel Break Release in it. On the front is a list of all lots included in the shaded fuel break. There is a map of the fuel break posted on both bulletin boards with the break highlighted in yellow.  You may take a release, fill it out and deposit it in the Shaded Fuel Break Fire Wise Box at 215 East Ponderosa. This box is attached to one of the porch posts. The circular driveway will make it easy for you to drive through and drop off your release. These will then go to Dan Lennon of the DNR.  When you fill out the release make sure to fill in your lot number. This makes it easier to check properties off on the fuel break map. We thank our community members for supporting this project!