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The council obtains grants from federal and state agencies (1) to create Community Wildfire Protection Plans -- otherwise known as Fire-Safe Plans -- and (2) to protect neighborhoods and communities by supporting the creation of shaded fuel breaks and roadside brush clearing. Current and past projects are listed below.

  • Bodfish Canyon Phase II Fuel Break
    32 acres; 1188 homes; Grant Amount $99,600 (BLM)
    To begin Oct 2008

  • Pala Ranch Community Shaded Fuel Break
    35 acres; 1989 homes; Grant Amount $99,800 (BLM)
    To begin Oct 2008

  • Piute Meadows Community Escape Route
    25 acres, 48 homes; Grant Amount $86,900 (USFS)
    To begin Oct 2008

  • Bodfish Canyon Escape Route Hazard Reduction
    32 Acres; 1188 homes; Grant Amount: $99,400 (BLM)
    Began Sept. 2007

  • Kennedy Meadows Roadside Hazard Reduction -- Completed 
    58 Acres; 58 homes; Grant Amount $75,900 (BLM)
    Began Sept. 2007; Completed August 2008 
    Photos: Before & After (PDF)   After (PDF)

  • Kennedy Meadows Community Wildfire Protection Plan -- Completed
    Project Cost/Match: $36,000 (BLM)
    Began Sept. 2005; Ended April, 2007

  • Hungry Gulch Fuels Reduction -- completed
    40 Acres; 100 homes; Grant Amount: $96,000 (BLM)
    Began May 1st, 2006; Ended March 2007

  • Myers Canyon (Bodfish) Fuels Reduction and CWPP -- Completed
    35 Acres; 400 Homes; Grant Amount: $128,640 (BLM)
    Began Nov. 1, 2003; Ended April 30, 2005
    Photos

  • Sawmill/Hungry Gulch/Isabella Highlands Fuels Reduction -- Completed
    80 Acres; 100 Homes; Grant Amount: $112,500 (BLM)
    Began June 1, 2003; Ended Nov. 30, 2004
    Photos

  • Rodgers Road (Kernville) -- completed
    5 Acres; 75 Homes; Grant Amount: $21,710 (USFS)
    Began June 10,2003, Ended Dec. 31, 2004
    Photos

  • Alta Sierra, Greenhorn Mountain Fuel Reduction -- Completed
    80 Acres; 400 Homes; Grant Amount: $200,000 (USFS)
    Began June 20, 2003, Ended Dec. 31, 2004

  • Alta Sierra Community Fire Safe Plan -- Completed
    Grant Amount $56,400 (USFS)
    Began June 10, 2003, Ended Dec. 31,2004
    Alta Sierra Community Wildfire Protection Plan  8 MB

  • Kern River Valley Community Fire Safe Plan -- Completed
    Grant Amount $25,000 (USFS)
    October, 2002

  • Kern River Valley Fuel Reduction Projects:  Comprehensive Summary and Maps 3 MB -- Updated March, 2009


Kern River Valley Fire Safe Council ● PO Box 633, Kernville, CA 93238

General information: Lloyd Smith ● (760) 377-3542 or Robin Little ● (760) 376-6842

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