The funds for the grant arrived MONTHS ago. That money to make Palomar a little more fire safe is just sitting there waiting to be spent. Many properties on Crestline and Birch Hill have had their dead or dying trees marked with blue paint to come down and go away.
What is the hold-up? Stan Hill has been working Cleveland National Forest for 29 years and he has provided what has been requested and clarified. He is waiting for the OK to get boots on the ground. Today the latest is maybe by the end of September.
Palomar Mountain News 
Leave a comment