The Silverado Community Firewise Council would like to share some important information regarding our community. Providing our members various information about our area demonstrates the necessary attention needed for preparedness.
REDUCE HAZADOUS FUELS PROGRAM - OCTOBER 2021
Dear Silverado Property Owners Association Residents:
The Napa Communities Firewise Foundation (Napa Firewise) is pleased to announce that we will be commencing a project this fall to reduce hazardous fuels along the perimeter of the Silverado Country Club to reduce the risk to the community in the event of a wildfire. This fuel break project is funded by grants from Napa County and Cal Fire and will increase existing defensible space by up to 200 feet along the border of residential properties and the 2040 Atlas Peak Road access road (see attached draft project map).
Work is slated to begin sometime in November pending finalization of the environmental compliance documents, and should be completed within a few months. JMC Valley Construction will conduct the vegetation management work with manual labor and hand tools, chain saws, weed whackers and pole saws. No heavy equipment such as masticators, bulldozers or other earth movers will be utilized. Vegetation will be chipped on site, and erosion control measures will be installed where necessary.
Should you have questions prior to the start of the project, please contact Napa Firewise (info@napafirewise.org), or Phil Husby (phil@napafirewise.org) who is a Silverado resident and Napa Firewise Board Member. Our project coordinator, Steve Burgess, will be onsite to facilitate project implementation and can address any questions once vegetation management begins.
We invite you to visit our website www.napafirewise.org to learn more about our 5 Year Plan to reduce the risk and impacts of wildfire throughout Napa County, and to join your local Silverado Fire Safe Council (FSC). To become more involved with wildfire preparedness in your neighborhood, please connect with your local Silverado FSC leads, Susan Deringer and Renee Acosta, via email at Silverado@napafirewise.org.
Sincerely,
Gretchen Hayes
Executive Director
www.napafirewise.org
The Napa Communities Firewise Foundation (Napa Firewise) is pleased to announce that we will be commencing a project this fall to reduce hazardous fuels along the perimeter of the Silverado Country Club to reduce the risk to the community in the event of a wildfire. This fuel break project is funded by grants from Napa County and Cal Fire and will increase existing defensible space by up to 200 feet along the border of residential properties and the 2040 Atlas Peak Road access road (see attached draft project map).
Work is slated to begin sometime in November pending finalization of the environmental compliance documents, and should be completed within a few months. JMC Valley Construction will conduct the vegetation management work with manual labor and hand tools, chain saws, weed whackers and pole saws. No heavy equipment such as masticators, bulldozers or other earth movers will be utilized. Vegetation will be chipped on site, and erosion control measures will be installed where necessary.
Should you have questions prior to the start of the project, please contact Napa Firewise (info@napafirewise.org), or Phil Husby (phil@napafirewise.org) who is a Silverado resident and Napa Firewise Board Member. Our project coordinator, Steve Burgess, will be onsite to facilitate project implementation and can address any questions once vegetation management begins.
We invite you to visit our website www.napafirewise.org to learn more about our 5 Year Plan to reduce the risk and impacts of wildfire throughout Napa County, and to join your local Silverado Fire Safe Council (FSC). To become more involved with wildfire preparedness in your neighborhood, please connect with your local Silverado FSC leads, Susan Deringer and Renee Acosta, via email at Silverado@napafirewise.org.
Sincerely,
Gretchen Hayes
Executive Director
www.napafirewise.org
FLAMMABLE BRUSH CLEANUP - July 2021
I am pleased to report that Angel's Tree Care has this week completed cleanup of the unsightly and dangerous flammable brush in the two sections of ravine on upper Westgate Drive. We had earlier announced that this work was underway.
Property owners in the upper Westgate neighborhood, which was hard-hit by the Atlas Fire in 2017, brought this situation to SPOA's attention earlier this year. SPOA appropriated funds to cover the project in the April 30 Board of Directors meeting. Michael Karath of the Silverado Community Services District conducted a bid process which attracted eight bidders. Angel's was the lowest bidder. The "before" and "after" photos below illustrate both the extent of the problem and the thoroughness of the remediation work performed by Angel's crew. We thank both Mr. Karath and local SPOA Director Joel Blumer, who spearheaded this effort.
This brush-clearing is simply one small piece of the much larger effort which will be required to make a significant improvement in Silverado's readiness for the inevitable next wildfire. Along with the Firewise Council, SPOA will continue pushing for sufficient public and private funding for an effective remediation effort in the much larger stretch of wild country north and east of our neighborhoods. We urge all our owners to get fully on board with this essential project.
Bill Foureman
President, SPOA
Property owners in the upper Westgate neighborhood, which was hard-hit by the Atlas Fire in 2017, brought this situation to SPOA's attention earlier this year. SPOA appropriated funds to cover the project in the April 30 Board of Directors meeting. Michael Karath of the Silverado Community Services District conducted a bid process which attracted eight bidders. Angel's was the lowest bidder. The "before" and "after" photos below illustrate both the extent of the problem and the thoroughness of the remediation work performed by Angel's crew. We thank both Mr. Karath and local SPOA Director Joel Blumer, who spearheaded this effort.
This brush-clearing is simply one small piece of the much larger effort which will be required to make a significant improvement in Silverado's readiness for the inevitable next wildfire. Along with the Firewise Council, SPOA will continue pushing for sufficient public and private funding for an effective remediation effort in the much larger stretch of wild country north and east of our neighborhoods. We urge all our owners to get fully on board with this essential project.
Bill Foureman
President, SPOA
BEFORE
AFTER
FLAMMABLE LANDSCAPE
