Klamath River Local Organizing Committee

02/23/2013

Below is a message from Larua Olson, the Program Manager of the California Endowment DNATL

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Dear Skip (and team)-
On behalf of The California Endowment and as the Program Manager for the Del Norte and Adjacent Tribal Land’s Building Healthy Communities (BHC) Initiative site, I want to sincerely thank the community residents of the Yurok reservation for their perseverance and dedication to build a healthy community through the community organizing process.
As you are aware, the ultimate goal of the BHC is to develop resident leaders who know how to change public policies and systems to create healthier, and more equitable communities. When I attended the June 8, 2012 Community Action meeting in Weitchpec, I saw this dream in action! I was extremely impressed by the resident leaders’ disciplined approach to researching the problem, their ability to navigate the Tribal government system and to develop transformational relationships with Tribal elected leaders.
It is my understanding that the Yurok Tribe has allocated significant resources to support the planning and implementation of an initial controlled burn in Weithpec. I’m pleased to invest $3,000 – through a Building Healthy Community grant to the Yurok Tribe - to support the Tribe’s partnership with the Klamath River Local Organizing Committee, and to specifically cover the costs of some additional expenses to make this initial burn a success.
Please share this message with the leaders of the Klamath River Local Organizing Committee.

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02/23/2013

KLOC meeting in Weitchpec next Thursday the 28th of February from 5:30 to 6:30. SHOW UP and see what the KLOC is up to. The COMMUNITY is what makes this committee a success, so show up, we would love to see you there!!!

02/03/2013

We are getting closer! We are planning on cutting the fire line in this coming Saturday Feb 9, 2013. All able bodied volunteers are welcome! Show up at 10:00 at the Weitchpec Transfer Station gate. Since we are community driven we have NO FUNDING for tools for our volunteers so if you can bring picks, rakes, hoes, McLeods or Pulaski axes that would be awesome. Green machines with blades would also be helpful to do a little brushing. There is lot of large scotchbroom along the south end of this parcel so a few saws running to knock that big stuff down would be a blessing too. Fire line boundaries are marked on the roadway and tagged into the brush with tape. Anyone wanting to brush during the week is more than welcome.

01/28/2013

01/28/2013

Did a test burn today, still a tad too moist for the piles to get going. I'm going to say real burn this weekend if the weather holds out.

01/14/2013

This is our burn area outlined in yellow, 139 acres. The boxed yellow areas are allotments and may not be burned, pending allotment holder approval which we may not have by burn time. The burn area has had TWO previous controlled burns, one in 1999 and one in 2004 so it is not a virgin area and will be a good first burn for the KLOC!

12/08/2012

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11/09/2012

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11/02/2012

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11/02/2012

Way to go Taura Cosce and Justin Vanlandingham for owning last week's research action and tonight's meeting!