News

Wild Fire Safety Talk by Department of Natural Resources (DNR)

Jesse Duvall,  Community Wildfire Resilience Coordinator from DNR attended our 4/24/25 membership meeting and gave a very informative talk about how we and our community can be better prepared for wild fires. 

 

Jesse first showed many photos from wildfires in nearby counties to demonstrate that we are not immune to wildfires in western WA.  He then discussed specifically what homeowners can do, and how a neighbors can work together to protect each other. 

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Jesse provided these useful links that cover the information from Jesse's talk. 

• WA DNR Resource Library 

• Defensible Space - Prepare Your Home - Firewise USA

• Wildfire Ready Neighbor Sign Up Page 

• “Your Home Can Survive a Wildfire”  13 min video by Jack Cohen

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Jesse also provided these great reference documents (PDFs to download)

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• Firewise - How to Prepare Your Home for Wildfires 

• Reduce Your Smoke Exposure - Wildfire Smoke Factsheet

• 2025 WA State DNR - Firewise Micro Grant Application

• 2025 WA State DNR - Notice of Funding for Firewise Micro Grant

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Annual Membership Meeting and Board Elections

Jerry Gorum was newly elected to the Board along with the reelection of Dave Fleming and John McKinnon.

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Foxhall Maintenance Contracts 

Two contracts have been awarded to the individuals who performed the work last year. The descriptions and forms are included in the following links:

Annual Mowing Contract for mowing the parks and retention pond with weeding and trimming at Foxhall entrances and Canyon Trail.

Annual Contract for Mowing Foxhall Trails.

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Olympic Trail Is Reopened (1/21/25)​​​​

​         The fence has been replaced, the trail is secure and the trail is now open. ​

Many thanks to the Trails Committee for managing and providing much equipment and assistance in this project! This fence is part of our Reserve Fund. An outside contractor was contracted to work on this project.​​​