Upper Monument Creek Mitigation Informational Meetings

FOMP would like to make you aware of an urgent USFS proposal that will affect the entire Tri-Lakes area and meeting being held tonight at the Monument library!

USFS project website: http://uppermonumentcreek.blogspot.com/

The Pike National Forest, Pikes Peak Ranger District will host several open house meetings for public wanting to learn more about the Upper Monument Creek project.  These scoping meetings will be held at public libraries in Colorado Springs, Monument, and Woodland Park.  The public is encouraged to attend May 28, 29, and June 3, 2014 to learn more and offer comments.

The Upper Monument Creek project proposes a variety of treatments within the 67,000 acre analysis area that includes El Paso, Douglas, and Teller counties.  The project will focus on creating more resilient ecological conditions, reducing the potential impacts of uncharacteristic wildfire to communities, infrastructure, and natural resources, and contributing towards the long-term sustainability of a full range of natural resource values including wildlife habitat, aquatic resources and public drinking water.

An Upper Monument Creek assessment was developed in collaboration with many different stakeholders including multiple government agencies, researchers, and local non-profits.  The public will have opportunity to make comments at each public open house or can submit them via email, the website or post.  The official comment period will be announced soon.  For more project information please attend one of the public meetings listed below.

All meetings will be from 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

May 28, 2014 at Penrose Library, Carnegie Reading Room – 20 N. Cascade Ave. Colo. Springs

May 29, 2014 at Monument Public Library – 1706 Lake Woodmoor Dr. Monument

June 3, 2014 at Woodland Park Library – 218 East Midland Ave. Woodland Park

FOMP needs you for this work session!

Tuesday May 20 at 6:00 PM
 

Why? because it is May in Colorado and so of course we have too much snow!

We will hold the trail work originally scheduled for Tuesday 5/13 on Tuesday 5/20. We will send out another reminder next week.

Thanks and stay tuned!

FOMP

Colorado officials worry about fire dangers from target shooting
Read more at http://gazette.com/colorado-officials-worry-about-fire-dangers-from-target-shooting/article/1518027#TLpQHutC53EDZEYk.99

Volunteers Needed!

Every year FOMP holds a potluck dinner for the Hotshot and Helitac crews that are based right here with us! This year it will be held Thursday April 24, at 5:30PM in the Fire Center Classroom building in the administrative area of the Preserve.

Both the the Monument Hotshot Crew and the Monument Helitack crew will be there, so we expect 30 very hungry young men and women + anyone else that attends. Everyone knows how hard they worked last year helping fight fires right here in Colorado and we want to give them a big welcome back and remind them of our appreciation. We need volunteers to make food for this potluck and need the following:

• Drinks
• Main Dishes
• Side Dishes/Salads
• Desserts

If would like to help, please contact Marianne LaRivee at 719-481-5936 / dmlarivee@comcast.net or Diane Bandle at 719-494-8206 /dmbandle@hotmail.com. If you want to help but are unable to attend you can make arrangements to drop off your food in advance on Thursday afternoon, or at the Fire Center Classroom between 4:30 and 5:30.

Thanks in advance for your help!
FOMP Board of Directors

The FOMP 2014 Trail Work calendar and next BOD meetings have been updated.

See the FOMP Calendar Page or Calendar Event List View and as always the upcoming events should be listed on the sidebar. The Calendar page contains links and info on how to add the calendar feed to iCal and Google calendar so you can always be up to date!