Posted on: October 16th, 2012

From  Dan Gretz <lanikai_dreamin@nullyahoo.com>

 

Dear Mountain Neighbors, and Gold Hill area Folk,

 

Our Fall Season is drawing to a close, but not without a few more weeks to meet our ongoing commitment to Wildlfire Mitigation.  The Gold Hill area still has funds from Boulder County for offsetting community contractor chipping and hauling costs.  We definitely want to use up all of these funds for as many community landowners as possible.

 

Boulder County continues to support mountain community Wildfire Mitigation efforts to manage their interconnected forested properties.  The Gold Hill area this year has $3000 USD of reimbursement funds towards 40% of contractor chipping and hauling costs.  There is still time for us to support the ecosystem we chose to live in.

 

Barry Bennett is the chipping contractor that has given us a decent rate for his time, and he will not have to assess any minimum chipping time when he is here in the GH area this week and next.  As a community effort, homeowner costs for this kind of mitigation are lower than hiring your own chipping and hauling services.  Please give Barry a call @ 303-258-1753 if you would like to have some drive by chipping while he is available in the area.

 

We all appreciate living in the foothills of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, and enjoy a unique lifestyle and environment – and few things are as joyful as helping to take care of our environment.  Our community organizational efforts will start early this winter for more comprehensive plans and community forest health projects and coordination with Boulder County.

 

Please send your itemized chipping invoice from Barry Bennett to me by mid-November, along with a copy of the canceled check – you can put this in 490 Main St mailbox to my attention, or Barry can get this to me if you arrange it.  Barry can provide details as to qualifying reimbursement items, but basically chipping and hauling qualifies, actual tree felling does not.

 

Please email me – Dan Gretz, lanikai_dreamin@nullyahoo.com if you have chipping reimbursement questions (or just call Barry Bennett), and please feel free to contact Ryan Ludlow with Boulder County for Forestry questions:

 

Ryan Ludlow | Forestry Education & Outreach Coordinator 
Boulder County Land Use Department

P.O. Box 471, Boulder CO 80306

720.564.2641

rludlow@nullbouldercounty.org

www.bouldercounty.org/ForestHealth