WILLOWS
Forest plans August Complex next steps, public involvement opportunity
The Mendocino National Forest is looking at the next steps for the August Complex and asking the public to be involved. While fire suppression repair continues and BAER work gets underway, the Forest is planning for 2021 and addressing the issues related to the fire in the Forest’s 2021 program of work.
Forest Supervisor Ann Carlson says, “We recognize the impact and disruption to communities affected by the August Complex. We look forward to hearing from you and working with our
communities and local and state agencies as restoration efforts begin.”
The August Complex burned 612,634 acres of the Mendocino National Forest. The BAER assessment showed that a little over 50% of those acres burned at moderate to high severity.
While assessment of the impacts to the landscape and infrastructure continues, plans are beginning now for the projects that will be pursued in 2021. To become involved, tell us what is important to you and your ideas about focus areas for planning efforts in the first year after the fire. Long term planning ideas are also welcome.
Please send your remarks to https://www.fs.usda.gov/contactus/mendocino/about-forest/contactus. There will be more public involvement opportunities as we journey down this restoration path.
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LAKEPORT
Nixle community engagement system
The City of Lakeport now has an additional Nixle community engagement system. For many years the Lakeport Police Department has used this system to provide emergency alerts or other important community information to the public. The city system is connected with and has similar capabilities as the police system but will primarily be used to send important community notices to our residents, businesses and the public via email addresses only. These messages may include information about infrastructure project status, street or utility work, utility power shutoffs, meeting notices, status of city parks or other important city business that the public should be aware of.
If you are already subscribed to receive messages via email from the Lakeport Police Department you do not need to take any additional action to receive city messages. If you are not signed up to receive city or police messages from us, go to https://local.nixle.com/register/ If you do not wish to receive community email messages from the City of Lakeport or the Lakeport Police Department, but do want to receive Emergency Advisories or Alerts only you can configure and adjust your settings to opt out through your Nixle account.
This is part of a continuing effort to engage the community and give businesses, residents and visitors important information about the City of Lakeport’s work.
For additional information about the City of Lakeport check our website at www.cityoflakeport.com We also maintain various social media sites through the city and police department, including FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Nextdoor.
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SACRAMENTO
California, Oregon & Washington Issue Travel Advisories
As COVID-19 cases continue to increase across the country, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee issued travel advisories today urging visitors entering their states or returning home from travel outside these states to self-quarantine to slow the spread of the virus. The travel advisories urge against non-essential out-of-state travel, ask people to self-quarantine for 14 days after arriving from another state or country and encourage residents to stay local.
“California just surpassed a sobering threshold – one million COVID-19 cases – with no signs of the virus slowing down,” said Newsom. “Increased cases are adding pressure on our hospital systems and threatening the lives of seniors, essential workers and vulnerable Californians. Travel increases the risk of spreading COVID-19, and we must all collectively increase our efforts at this time to keep the virus at bay and save lives.”
In addition to urging individuals arriving from other states or countries to self-quarantine for 14 days after arrival, the states’ travel advisories recommend individuals limit their interactions to their immediate household. The advisories define essential travel as travel for work and study, critical infrastructure support, economic services and supply chains, health, immediate medical care and safety and security.
“COVID-19 does not stop at state lines. As hospitals across the West are stretched to capacity, we must take steps to ensure travelers are not bringing this disease home with them,” said Brown. “If you do not need to travel, you shouldn’t. This will be hard, especially with Thanksgiving around the corner. But the best way to keep your family safe is to stay close to home.”
“COVID cases have doubled in Washington over the past two weeks. This puts our state in as dangerous a position today as we were in March,” said Washington Gov. Jay Inslee. “Limiting and reducing travel is one way to reduce the further spread of the disease. I am happy to partner with California and Oregon in this effort to help protect lives up and down the West Coast.”
To learn more about the risk that travel itself poses for COVID-19 exposure, please visit the CDC page on travel risks.
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