Hi everyone,
Below is an email from Virginia Clark, who is President of the Gallina/Deer
Mesa Firewise Community, notifying us of a meeting to be held in Arroyo Seco at
noon on May 4th at the Community Center. As you can see, a number of local
officials will be in attendance. They are going to talk about emergency
evacuation plans for all of our communities, and other issues relating to
forest fires will be discussed. Virginia tells me that there are funds
available from government sources to address fire safety issues in our area.
Everyone is invited to attend and participate.
Steve Hanks
Turley Mill Owners Association
Begin forwarded message:
From: Virginia Clark <vlsclark40@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Agenda: Firewise Meeting, Saturday (May 4) noon, Seco Community
Center, State Road 150
Date: April 12, 2019 at 3:00:16 PM MDT
To: Steve Hanks <stevehanks@xxxxxxxxx>, Butler Dottie/Stan
<dottieandstanbutler@xxxxxxxxx>, Herrman Dirk <DirkVHerrman@xxxxxxx>,
AnJanette Brush <anjanettebrush@xxxxxxxxx>, Reynolds Fran
<toadreynolds37@xxxxxxxxx>, Bennett Kathy <kathybennetttsv@xxxxxx>, Niemeier
Irene <ireneva1922@xxxxxxxxx>, Dahlkamp Natica <natica@xxxxxxxxxx>, Hippeli
Toni <tonihippeli@xxxxxxxxx>, Brown Martha <mabphoto@xxxxxxx>
Cc: bobby.lucero@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Corral Raymundo-FS <rcorral@xxxxxxxxx>, Romo
Chris <Chris.Romo@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Cote Christopher <latircote@xxxxxxxxx>,
Carpenter Jack <jdcgac0151@xxxxxxxxx>, Romero Gabe <gmromero@xxxxxxxxx>,
Lewis Jack <jlewis03@xxxxxxxxx>, "Logan J. R."
<cerronegroforestcouncil@xxxxxxxxx>, Schuetz Mark <nmwatershed@xxxxxxxxx>,
Gilroy David <taostigerforestry@xxxxxxxxx>, Olonia Dennis
<denniso@xxxxxxxxxxx>, jdduran@xxxxxxxxx, Hurtado Raul <rehurtado@xxxxxxxxx>,
Enjady Erjca <eenjady@xxxxxxxxx>, Garcia Lloyd <llgarcia81@xxxxxxxxx>,
Arguello Joaquin <joaquinmanito2@xxxxxxxxx>, "Vigil.Peter"
<tswcd@xxxxxxxxxx>, Frost Scott <scott.frost@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Córdova Mike
<mike.cordova@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jones Mike <mike.jones@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
Blankenhorn Tom <tomblankenhorn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
The agenda incorporates area officials - those invited include (but are not
limited to and may have an alternate attend):
Bobby Lucero, Office of Emergency Management; Taos Commissioner Tom
Blankenhorn; Ray Corral, State Forestry; Chris Romo, Fed. forestry; Chris
Cote, Latir fire chief and Firewise Coordinator; Jack Carpenter, Taos Soil &
Water forester; Gabe Romero, Federal silviculturist; Jack Lewis, Fed Chief
forester in Questa; JR Logan, Taos Watershed/ and Cerro Negro Forest Council
founder and coordinator of Northern New Mexico councils; Mark Schuetz, NM
Watershed Dynamics; David Gilroy, state forestry; Dennis Olonia, President
Cerro Negro Forest Council plus Cerro Negro board members; Fed/State
Foresters JD Duran, Erjca Enjady, and Raul Hurtado; Mike Cordova Taos County
Planning; USDA TS&WD Peter Vigil and Mike Jones.
Each Firewise president is email-inviting their Firewise constituents.
The primary agenda item is establishing a Firewise Recommended Emergency
Evacuation Plan: for the protection of humans, wildlife, watershed and
wilderness.
1. To include ingress/ egress routes for Deer Mesa, El Salto, Gallina Canyon/
Valdez, San Cristobal and Turley Mill
2. Are there access routes or old highways (State Road 3?) connecting Gallina
to San Cristobal; Turley Mill and Gallina/Deer Mesa to DHLawrence's County
Road B009? Forest Road 7 connecting El Salto/Gallina/Deer Mesa/Turley Mill?
etc.
3. Recommend an Evacuation Plan expert – at what cost so we can ask TS&W to
fund the plan. Who is such an EMS Evac planner specialist to get this started?
4. Additional agenda items as needed
Virginia L. Clark
President, Greater Gallina Cyn/Deer Mesa Firewise Community
224 Gallina Cyn Road
Valdez NM 87580
vlsclark40@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:vlsclark40@xxxxxxxxx>
c- 575-779-6906
h- 575-776-8944
