How prepared is Curry County in the event of another catastrophic wild fire?
In a telephone meeting lead by Curry County Commissioner Court Boice on June 4, 2020, federal, state, and local officials discuss forest fire readiness in Southwest Oregon leading onto the 2020 fire season.
KCIW News recorded the meeting and presents it here in its entirety.
Boice has found an issue he pries votes from.
Ask why forestry/rangelands are now zoned forestry/wildland urban interface WUI.
BECAUSE THE COUNTY DOES NOT WANT TO PAY FOR FIRE PROTECTION BUY IT WILL COLLECT PROPERTY TAXES FROM PEOPLE BUILD IN THE WUI. Who issues the building permits and permits. Private landowners cut their timber for $$ yet many do not treat the slash or replant. This violates the Oregon State Forestry Practices Act.
County should be fining private landowners who harvest and then do nothing about slash treatment, leaving behind severe fuel loading.