financially-disadvantaged households who are unable to afford the costs associated with removing hazardous trees that directly threaten their primary home. The program will allow the MCFSC to fell and remove a limited-amount of hazardous trees that directly threaten a primary residence within the 100 foot defensible space.
The MCFSC is currently accepting applications for residents of Ponderosa Basin, LushMeadows Mountain Estates, Jerseydale, Midpines, and Greeley Hill.
Requirements for the program include:
Applicants must be 60 years of age or older, a disabled adult, or be enrolled in a qualified income assistance program
Participant’s primary residence must be located in one of the identified program communities of Ponderosa Basin, LushMeadows Mountain Estates, Jerseydale, Midpines, or Greeley Hill.
Submitting a complete program application packet to the MCFSC office.
Tree Mortality Assistance Program applications can be picked up at the MCFSC office at 5006B 8th Street in Mariposa. Application materials can also be accessed on our website at www.MariposaCountyFSC.org If you are unsure if you qualify for the tree mortality assistance program, please feel free to call our office at 209-966-7700 and we would be happy to answer any of your questions regarding the program.
Funding for this program is generously provided by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s (CAL FIRE) SRA Fire Prevention Fee and Tree Mortality Grant Program. “The CAL FIRE SRA grants that the Mariposa County Fire Safe Council this past January serves as an additional example on how CAL FIRE continues to reinvest monies generated from the fire prevention fee back into fire-prone communities.” Says Michael S. Beaudoin, Executive Director of the MCFSC. “This program will allow the MCFSC to assist a lot of senior citizens that have very tight budgets and are often forced to choose between buying groceries or removing the dead trees hovering above their homes.”
Source: MCFSC
