Forest Forum to visit Cal Fire reforestation center

Amador-El Dorado Forest Forum

With the heavy snowfall this winter, Amador-El Dorado Forest Forum organizers decided to take the annual spring field tour in a different direction. Forest Forum President Robert Little arranged for the group to take a May 20 of tour Cal Fire’s L.A. Moran Reforestation Center in

Davis.

The tour will visit the facility’s greenhouses, cold storage and seed processing areas. Attendees will hear about the staff and their various

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CEDAPP is a non-pro t 501(c) (3) organization working hard for the community of Pollock Pines since 2007 jobs, the cycle of work through a typical year, production numbers, species grown and various programs or partners served by the nursery. The tour will wrap up with the one to three-year outlook and goals for the nursery.

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The Forest Forum will meet in Shingle Springs Saturday, May 20, at 8:30 a.m. at the Park and Ride Ponderosa West, Highway 50 and Ponderosa Road, across from the Subaru dealership. The address is 4184 Wild Chaparral Drive. Carpools will be formed to depart at 8:45 and caravan to Davis with a 9:30 arrival time.

Anyone coming from Amador County who wants to find a more convenient place to meet up with others from Amador, should let Amador-El Dorado Forest Forum organizers know. Those interested in meeting up at the reforestation center are asked to be there by 9:30 a.m. The address is 5800 Chiles Road in Davis.

Interested participants in the spring tour should reply, text or call to RSVP by 5 p.m. Thursday, May 11. Let Amador-El Dorado Forest Forum

While Cal Fire’s Reforestation Services Program was able to support requests for 225,000 seedlings in 2023, Cal Fire expects to expand facilities in the years to come to provide upwards of 1 million seedlings annually.

Diane Dealey Neill know if able to drive others or if preference is to ride with someone.

Those who can’t make the May 20 tour have another opportunity to go

Delayed Continued from A1 higher elevations. Snow in these areas will take longer to melt and there is always the possibility they may receive additional snow. Sunny areas such as the east and south shores usually melt out earlier, but some delays are still possible. The Taylor Creek Visitor Center and Tallac Historic Site are scheduled to open around Memorial Day.

Backcountry and wilderness access will also be a challenge this year. Visitors to these areas are urged to plan ahead for limited parking, snow and ice on trails and always

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behind the scenes of the L.A. Moran Reforestation Center as it is holding an open house Wednesday, May 17, 9 a.m. to noon. Invited guests and speakers include executive leadership from n See Cal Fire page A7 be prepared with proper knowledge, equipment, clothing and footwear. Until sites officially open, there is no parking, trash removal or restroom facilities available. Forest visitors are asked to do their part and pack out all trash and where pets are allowed clean up after them. Where gates are still closed visitors should park vehicles completely off the roadway, avoid parking on vegetation and not block the gates. View estimated LTBMU recreation site opening dates at bit.ly/ LTBMUopenings.

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Cal Fire, collaborators from partnering organizations, industry leaders, research specialists and more.

The open house will recognize the 100-plus year history of the L.A. Moran Reforestation Center while looking ahead with presentations and posters n SHOE by Jeff MacNelly

Patricia Bist

expected to highlight notable projects in the works, production statistics and insights into the 2023 statewide assessment of seed needs and cone season outlook. RSVP for the open house at bit.ly/ LAMORANopenhouse.

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Other items will be discussed through an advisory committee that will be established by Laine, who will be the single decision maker. The committee will include staff and stakeholders.

One item Laine will be sure to bring up is enforcement. She mentioned during the meeting that VHRs may be the biggest problem in the Tahoe Basin right now and suggested the transient occupancy tax, which voters in November approved raising from 10% to 14%, might be an option to cover code enforcement. She said there is one code enforcement officer for the Tahoe Basin who doesn’t work weekends, when most complaints are received.

In 2022 there were 212 reported complaints, which supervisors n TUNDRA by Chad Carpenter

A1 felt may be under reported, and 97 code cases cited, including 15 administrative, 42 for noise, two for occupancy, seven for signs and 31 for being unpermitted.

Fines collected for 71 cases in 2022 totaled $36,250. The other cases were not settled in 2022 and those numbers will go toward this year’s totals.

The county may do away with the cap restriction as the 500-foot buffer around rentals has thinned out rentals and eliminated clustering in neighborhoods. There is a big waitlist, including 166 from Meeks Bay to South Shore, 34 in Tahoma and 13 on the West Slope.

The board and county staff also feel that hosted rental requirements need to be “tightened up,” said Ferry. Currently there are 95 in the county.

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