The East Bay Regional Park District invites the public to a meeting on the East Bay Hills Wildfire Hazard Reduction and Resource Management Plan, Wednesday June 6, 2007 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM at the Trudeau Center, 11500 Skyline Boulevard, Oakland. The meeting will focus on the wildfire hazard assessment and priority vegetation management areas. This is the second in a series of public meetings to inform stakeholders and interested members of the public of progress on the plan and solicit public comment.

The East Bay Regional Park District, with funding approved by the voters in Measure CC, is developing a Wildfire Hazard Reduction and Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Report. The plan is a long-awaited opportunity to help assure the safety of East Bay Hills residents from wildfire in an environmentally pro-active manner.

The plan will guide ongoing vegetation management activities on Park District lands along the urban-wildland interface to reduce the likelihood of a catastrophic, Diablo wind-driven wildfire such as the 1991 Oakland Hills fire. The environmental document will assure that vegetation management activities are carried out in a manner consistent with protecting natural resources in the public parklands.

The area affected by the plan will be the Measure CC zone in western Alameda and Contra Costa Counties; however, the main study focus will be the wildland-urban interface along the western edge of the East Bay hill parks, including Wildcat Canyon, Tilden, Claremont Canyon, Sibley, Huckleberry, Roberts, Redwood, Leona, and Chabot.

If you have any questions, please contact our outreach coordinator, Cheryl Miller, Amphion at 510-893-9888 or cmiller@amphiondesign.com. Back to top