20 tons of vegetation hauled from Twin Lakes fire safe site

More than 20 tons of chewed up vegetation gathered by Twin Lakes residents over the summer has been hauled away for the season.

The vegetation was accumulated from the Twin Lakes Fire Safe Council's fuel reduction project over the summer. Twin Lakes residents were allowed to take cleared brush and other vegetation to the site. The program was established to encourage homeowners to clean up their properties to help them to become more fire safe.

After the site closed for the season, the council hired a contractor to chew up and haul it away by a dump truck to the Bridgeport Disposal Site on Sept. 22. The Bridgeport Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest provided personnel and an additional U.S. Forest Service dump truck to help with the cleanup.

The biomass site is located on U.S. Forest Service land and is within a wildland urban interface area located in the Twin Lakes drainage.

It took two dumptrucks more than 11 trips to move the material. Mono County and the Public Works Department staff helped move the material.

"The Twin Lakes Fire Safe Council wants to also extend our thanks to Mono County Supervisor Bill Reid and the Public Works Department , who assisted and supported our successful biomass day last week," said John Hicks, Twin Lakes Fire Safe Council President.

The Twin Lakes biomass site is a cooperative effort by the Twin Lakes Fire Safe Council, Mono County, private residents, and the U.S. Forest Service. It was established four years ago to provide an economical, nearby site for Twin Lakes' home and property owners. Staff Reports