MARIPOSA —CAL FIRE Law Enforcement Officers determined the French Fire that occurred on Thursday, July 4, 2024, was caused by improper usage of a lawn mower in dried annual grass. Lawn mowers by design are of use only on wet, green lawns and not dry weeds because they start fires. The French Fire burned approximately 908 acres of natural vegetation ...

MARIPOSA–This morning residents of Mariposa County are waking up, if they slept at all, to a smoky and changed landscape. Once again, wildfire has come to Mariposa County. Yesterday, Thursday, July 4th, a fire column several people around the town of Mariposa began reporting seeing a smoke column. It was also very visible on the AlertCalifornia wildfire cameras. Firefighters were ...

NORTH FORK — After more than three years, work is wrapping up on a project to reforest thousands of acres scorched by 2014’s French Fire. “The French Fire reforestation project ends but the work continues,” according to officials at the Yosemite Sequoia Resource Conservation and Development Council, which has guided the reforestation effort. The nonprofit organization, which serves Fresno, Madera, ...

NORTH FORK –  Work is underway on the Eastern Madera Wildfire Reforestation Project – focused on reforesting 350 acres of Sierra National Forest burned in the 2014 French Fire. The project site is located near Mile High Vista along the Sierra Vista Scenic Byway. This particular area was chosen because of the high severity of the wildfire as it burned ...

OAKHURST – The Eastern Madera Wildfire Reforestation Project will be discussed at a community meeting at the Oakhurst Community Center on Tuesday, May 7, from 6 to 8 p.m. The meeting will be led by the Yosemite/Sequoia Resource Conservation and Development Council (Y/S RC&DC) along with a representative from the Sierra National Forest Bass Lake Ranger District. There will be ...

01/31/2018 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm - https://sierranewsonline.com/community-meeting-on-french-fire-reforestation-efforts/

OAKHURST — The community and all interested stakeholders are invited to a public meeting on the reforestation efforts in the French Fire area on Wednesday Jan. 31, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Oakhurst Community Center. The French Fire burned nearly 14,000 acres on the Bass Lake Ranger District of the Sierra National Forest in late July and early ...

NORTH FORK – Learn about the initial attack, management and future plans for the French Fire restoration at the annual meeting of the Sierra Vista Scenic Byway Association on Monday, Apr. 27, at 6:30 p.m. at the North Fork School. Burt Stalter, USFS Fuels Specialist on the Bass Lake Ranger District of the Sierra National Forest, will be one of ...

NORTH FORK – The public is invited to a meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 12, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Bass Lake Ranger District Office in North Fork, to learn about and comment on the French Fire Recovery and Restoration Project. The Sierra National Forest began the 30 day scoping period for the project on Oct. 30, and invites ...

SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST – When the Junction Fire broke out in the heart of the Oakhurst community, concerns over what was happening on the French Fire near North Fork fell by the wayside as everyone focused on this new and immediate threat. Now with the danger passed in Oakhurst and the approach of the fall hunting and camping season on ...