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From: bertl@cablespeed.com
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2022 10:02:33 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
To: Brent Butler
Cc: Greg Brotherton; Kate Dean; Heidi Eisenhour; Mark McCauley; Philip Hunsucker; David W. Johnson; Marcia Kelbon; Diana Smeland; tcrosby; Marco de Sa e Silva; Michael P. Brown; Bill
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Subject: More Trail Nine information
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Brent --- More background information --- Regards, Bert
From: Diana Smeland. June 29, 2022
To: bertl@cablespeed.com bbutler
Cc: Greg Brotherton heisenhour MMcCauley Philip Hunsucker Marcia Kelbon mrporter6
RE: 8’ twice a year to little to late! --- abandoned Trail Nine fire hazard
Hi Bert, Just to be clear, the mowing today was our third time. This is unusual, as we usually mow once in the spring and once in the fall, however since it has been so wet this year,
hard to get a good mow. Diana
Note--- See the opinions of qualified experts. When is the County formally going to address this issue? Thirteen years and waiting.
(09/11/18). At the recommendation of the Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney Mike Hass, a tour of the abandoned course was conducted on September 11, 2018 from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm.
Accompanying Mike at his suggestion was Kelvin J. Thomas a retired Forrest Service wildfire expert [Kelvin is married to Mindy Walker, a Jefferson County Judge] In addition, Doug Henderson
and Steve Hammond accompanied Mike and Kelvin on the tour. After the tour Mike, Kelvin, Doug, and Steve met with Bert at his home on Edgewood Drive to debrief him. Generally the
takeaway message from Kelvin was that the “recommendations of Chief Martin were woefully inadequate” and “the mowing plan proposed by Bert was very reasonable”.
(10/10/18). *Morris C. Johnson, “Good morning, Bert. I just received your information on the abandoned golf course. I still believe the information I emailed you earlier is your best
defense to question the treatment recommendation outlined by the fire managers. In their explanation, they offer no evidence on how he decided on the size requirements other than stating,
“there was consensus” for the 8 ft mow strip. So as I understand this is based on their expert opinion and not science. The grt122 would disagree with this recommendation. Let’s
chat when you have time.
Note: *Morris C. Johnson is a research fire ecologist at the US Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, located in Seattle, Washington. He earned a B.S. degree in Urban Forestry
from Southern University and a M.S. degree in Silvicultural and Forest Protection and Ph.D. degree in Ecosystem Analysis (Fire Ecology) both from the University of Washington (Seattle,
Washington). He is an affiliate assistant professor at the University of Washington, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences.