Summer 2010
La Jara Grant
Cutting Continues




As you know, Rachael Mondragon,
of Urban Interface Solutions, received the Collaborative Forest Restoration Program (CFRP) grant last fall for thinning 750 acres of overtocked ponderoa pine and mixed conifer along lots adjacent to Carson National Forest.

Crews began by working the turn out onto Palo Flechado Pass, the upper road, and thinning behind the homes late in the fall.  Cutting will resume as soon as weather permits this spring.

Crews will have cut material on the ground and will be removing it as they work. You may also hear a bobcat working in the area.

REMINDER: No one should be in the vicinity except Rachael's work crews. If anyone sees someone along the upper road gathering wood, please do not confront them. Call Rachael at one of the numbers below. 

Rachael is trying to avoid a situation where people come into the project area, and end up wandering around behind private property.




Contact 
Rachael R. Mondragon
protectyourhome@earthlink.net

575.751.3536 Office
575.770.0705 Mobile

CCCFC Non-Federal Lands Hazardous Fuel Reduction Grant



Colfax County Coalition of Firewise Communities (CCCFC) has been awarded a grant for $300,000 for the removal of hazardous fuels on non-federal land (NFL). The NFL funds will be distributed across the CCCFC 7 member communities (including TPR) to help mitigation of wildfires by removing hazardous fuels.




Bob Randall, TPR Board Member, has volunteered for the enormous job of being the TPR Point of Contact for the actual application of the thinning at TPR; the liason between the coalition, contractors and landowners. Bob has talked with landowners, walked properties and is working with Gail Harber and Linda Ford on an effective plan for TPR. There are several cost factors and wildfire issues that need to be considered.

Updates will be posted here:
June 29,2010 - Grant Announcement in Local Papers
June 21,2010 - Fiscal Agent / Flagging Boundaries
June 7, 2010 - Delay in Grant Process
April 22, 2010 - Initial Allocation Plan



TPR CCCFC Point of Contact
Bob Randall
575.377.1912


This page was last updated: July 13, 2010
Grant Information
Taos Pines Ranch