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November, 2004 - The Goats in Our Hills
| As part of a Firewise Communities/USA project, a flock of goats has been enlisted to clear (eat) a firebreak
above the Woods. The goats will be working the Edison easement between Mesa Lila Road and Whiting Woods Road. It is anticipated that the goats, along with their Shepard's and dogs will be working the hillside until November 30th. |
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Goats are particularly effective at this type of work. They are naturally suited for our rugged
hillsides and thick vegetation, which they eat right down to the ground - EVEN POISON OAK. If you'd like to visit the flock you may find them located on the Mesa Lila fire road, located at the top of Mesa Lila Road not far off the street.
IMPORTANT - Visitors & Hikers with Dogs |
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May 3, 2003 - 1st. Annual Team Up to Clean-Up Day
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Thank you to all Whiting Woods Residents and |
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 Pictured: Doug Nickles, RPF (Urban Fire Forester with the Glendale Fire Department) with Larry Van Avery (Block Director for El Lado East and Chairperson of the WWPOA Fire Safety Task Force) |
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 Strong Backs furnished by The City of Glendale |
 Haul Away furnished by The City of Glendale |
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March 3, 2003, Glendale City Council Candidates Forum presented by the Whiting Woods Property Owners Association and The Glendale Homeowners Coordinating Council, Deer Canyon - Oakmont Property Owners Association, Montecito Park Homeowners Association, Oakmont Woods Homeowners Association and the Royal Canyon Property Owners Association
December 2002 - City inks Oakmont View V Land Deal
Escrow has closed on the 244-acre Oakmont property. Final payment should be in March.
The deal, worth $25.25-million, means that the city and the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority now own 244 acres of property that will ultimately be preserved as recreational open space.
November 2002, Firewise Press Release
2002 ANNUAL NEIGHBORHOOD PARTY
Held on Saturday, September 28, 2002. As with all our neighborhood events all Whiting Woods residents were welcome. This year we celebrated in the rain but it didn't dampen our spirits. This year we barbequed Carne Asada along with hot dogs and enjoyed cool beverages and had kids games. We had a great turn out and great fun on the West end of El Lado Drive under the cover of Oaks, umbrellas and garages. Click here for photos
WWPOA RECEIVES AWARD AT NATIONAL MEETING
Larry Van Avery, Chair of The Whiting Woods Property Owners Association Fire Safety Task Force, and Doug Nickles, Glendale Fire Department Urban Fire Forester, along with approximately 60 other homeowners and fire professionals attended a national Firewise Communities/USA conference in San Diego, California March 27-28, 2002. Participants represented communities in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Michigan, Montana, New Mexico, South Dakota and Utah.
The primary goal of the conference was to provide a vehicle to meet and exchange ideas regarding the creation and maintenance of a fire safe community with representatives of other pilot communities.
Each participating community received a recognition award from Firewise, a national program designed to provide homeowners and fire professionals with alternative ways of addressing the issue of wildland/urban interface fire loss.
Whiting Woods is a participating community and is in the process of formulating a multi-agency plan to address specific issues regarding fire hazards in the Woods. More on this issue will be presented at the Annual Meeting in early June.
NEW LOCATION - The West End of El
Lado Drive (Under the Oaks)
Saturday June 21, 2002
February 2002 Whiting Woods Newsletter
Oakmont View V Revised Environmental Impact Report
| Click here to find out more. | Click Here for EIR Details |
Click Here for Town Meeting Highlights at VOICE |
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June 12, 2001 WHITING WOODS INVOLVED IN NATIONAL FIRE SAFETY PROJECT
The City of Glendale, and specifically Whiting Woods, has been selected to participate in the national Firewise Communities/USA Project that encourages sustainable, survivable living in an urban, wild land setting. Glendale/Whiting Woods is one of 10 communities nationally to participate in the project this year, before it is introduced nationally in 2002. The projects three main goals are:
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To prevent/reduce losses due to urban wild land fires,
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To foster community participation to help achieve the first goal, and
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To share information.
Association President Denis Brumm and Larry Van Avery (Block Director for El Lado East and Chairperson of the WWPOA Fire Safety Task Force) attended a meeting at the Glendale Fire Department’s Environmental Management Center on May 30, 2001 to learn more about the program. There were introductions by Doug Nickles of the Glendale Fire Department. Among those who presented crucial Project information were Judith Leraas Cook of Leraas Cook & Associates who are the project coordinators and Jack Cohen of the US Forest Service Fire Sciences Lab in Missoula, Montana who presented much technical data regarding wild land fires and the survivability of structures that were within those fires. Other attendees at the meeting included a representative of the California Fair Plan, representatives of the US Forest Service, and a representative of the Glendale Planning Department. Following the meeting, there was a tour of Whiting Woods by many of the above attendees.
In the few days following the meeting, there were two more tours of the Woods and those participating will formalize their assessment and evaluation of Whiting Woods’ readiness to withstand a wild land fire and present that to the Glendale Fire Department. At that time, the Fire Department will formalize a Task Force, of which Larry Van Avery will be a member, to review the documents and to accept the assessment and evaluation and to prepare an implementation plan for Whiting Woods. Following that, local solutions are implemented according to a schedule designed by the Task Force. The last step in the process is that Glendale and Whiting Woods will be granted Firewise Communities/USA recognition and the Project goes into the maintenance phase.
It should be noted that Whiting Woods was chosen for this project because of its extremely active Homeowners Association and the presence of an active Fire Safety Task Force. Our involvement in this national project was announced to the community at the June 2, 2001 Annual Meeting.