County community wildfire protection plan helps

By Jacob Hoffman Express staff writer

Last month, the Yolo County Resource Conservation District (RCD) announced the completion of the Yolo County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP), a plan outlining preparedness measures for wildfire season in Yolo County. The Winters Express spoke with Winters Fire Chief Jack Snyder about what the CWPP is, what it means for Winters, and what are other things Winters residents can do to prepare for wildfire season.

Explaining where the CWPP comes from, Snyder said, “the CWPP is a document that is vetted through many different entities that is required by the Federal Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2003.”

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rent, ongoing and the future” with the ones related to fire being “community education and outreach, defensible space and home hardening, hazardous fuels management, evacuation and access planning and other mitigation and preparedness.”

The RCD’s media release further explains fire areas of Western Yolo County or in the more populated areas of Davis, Woodland or West Sacramento, the time…(for) wildfire preparedness is now.”

This year’s CWPP will be the first of its kind, Snyder noted, with it being the first fully implemented plan by the RCD.

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western part of Yolo County that includes the Winters area, such as the CWPP noting, “the western portion of the county, west of Esparto and Winters, is designated as a Very High Fire Severity Zone (VHFSZ).”

WIth the CWPP now in place, Snyder said Winters, as well as the rest of Yolo County, have “identified a lot of projects to help reduce the risk to our community and local fire safe councils are actively seeking and being granted grant funds to complete them.” commitment to provide an exceptional learning environment for all students. that “developing a CWPP enables access to funding sources for fuels reduction work and other wildfire resilience projects” and that “the CWPP uses science-based assessments and modeling to understand the greatest risk for wildfire in the county, and makes a list of projects, with community input, to address those risks.” specifics for Winters, Snyder said that the CWPP, “identifies previous fires and the severity zones that our community is in,” as well as including, “a list of projects, locations and project leads for our area that are currently in process, ongoing, proposed or in the future.”

The Winters Joint Unified School District announced the completion of the Winters High School PE and Music building and is inviting the community to attend a grand opening ceremony to celebrate.

The grand opening celebration is scheduled on Monday, Aug. 7 at 5 p.m. at the new building located behind the gymnasium and student union buildings.

The grand opening event will kick off with a special ribbon-cutting ceremony, symbolizing the inauguration of this remarkable addition to our campus. We are honored to have esteemed community leaders, dedicated educators, and passionate students gracing the occasion.

But for the everyday community members of Winters, vigilance and proactivity are still necessary for keeping ourselves ready for wildfire, Snyder noted.

The Winters High School PE and Music Building project represents a significant milestone in the school district’s

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Attendees will have the opportunity to take self-guided tours of the newest WHS building and explore the classrooms.

“It is a plan to help communities reduce their wildfire risk and to create and become a fire adapted community” which will “help to identify the need for fuel reduction opportunities, address structural ignitability and to collaborate with relevant partners,” Snyder said.

In addition, the CWPP also “identified projects by communities and includes five project types for cur-

“With wildfire season here, it’s more important than ever to be vigilant about wildfire preparedness,” the statement continued, “Whether you live in the high

Another revision will be the inclusion of the EL Roadmap document to the district’s

Some of these findings include summaries of previous fires in Yolo County that have affected Winters, as well as maps that include areas of “moderate to high” risk of wildfires in the guage program,” in reference to the recent implementation of the Dual Language

“Everyone can do their part to prepare themselves and their homes and property from the risk of a wildfire. While an incident may not have been preventable, taking as many precautions as possible before the fact has shown to have saved homes, property and life,” Snyder said. “Please reach out to the local fire safe councils to help in preparing our communities before an incident occurs as there is a lot of work listed in the project lists.”

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In order to carry out their objectives, Espinoza says DELAC members “receive training on how to carry out their responsibilities and their roles, and on understanding the CAASPP and ELCAP data, understanding and navigating the California Dashboard, and on any information related to second-language acquisition.” master plan, which, “provides a vision to which we can inspire; in doing so, it creates a sense of urgency to move the needle and improve outcomes for all English learners.”

Espinoza began the in-depth discussion of the revisions of the EL master plan. She notes that the current plan was written in 2014, with some revisions made in 2017 based on changes in state law.

This revision will include updating the district’s proficiency classification from the old California English Learner Development Test (CELDT) to the English Learner Proficiency Assessment for California (ELPAC).

“The EL Roadmap is a California policy that guides all districts in their services to English learners as guided by national research. It is a summary of best practices and a guiding document informed by a common vision, mission, and four principles,” Espinoza said. “We also need to revise our EL master plan because we have a new lan-

Immersion Program.

To achieve the goal, Espinoza said they will form a task force committee of parents, staff, community members. The committee with utilize the “Center for Equity for English Learners toolkit by Loyola Marymount University… and the Sobrato Early Academic Language Organization,” as guiding documents, Espinoza said.

Superintendent Rody Boonchuoy commented on DELAC’s efforts, thanking Espinoza and calling the plan to revise the EL master plan “a really big lift” and that “though there’s quite a bit of work to do related in order to develop are part of the County’s ongoing efforts to ensure the safety and functionality of these roads for the community. This maintenance comes in anticipation of upcoming improvements to CR 31, which is expected to include the addition of bike lanes once funding is secured.

“The need to improve this major transportation corridor in District 2 is one of the top concerns consistently the EL master plan, it is an opportune time.”

Boonchouy called the EL Roadmap a “really powerful document” whose “core principles are aligned almost directly with our equity statement, there’s a lot of alignment with our graduate profile, and I think shared with me by residents in both Winters and in Davis. Beginning work on this stretch of CR 31 is long overdue, and I am grateful to the Yolo County Public Works team for taking this next step to address the conditions of this important roadway,” said Supervisor Lucas Frerichs. “Improving the conditions of this corridor will continue to be one of my top priorities.” See the County’s Road Closures map at www.yolocounty. org/road-closures. even more powerfully as we kick off our work to build multi-tiered systems of supports, it will mesh very well.” The task force will begin work on the EL Master Plan revisions and will return to the board at a later meeting with proposed changes.

145 Years Ago

August 3, 1878

(From the files of The Winters Advocate)

Married In Winters, Saturday, July 27th, by the Rev. H.C. Culton, Miss Flora M. Brunson to Thos. C. McLeod. Printers were not forgotten in the distribution of the cake.

The Winters Advocate has changed hands, Dr. Harding now being the proprietor. Dr. Norwood will have charge of the editorial department.

Our friend, Mr. H. Seaman, drove up to our office door with a load of large, nice watermelons. Calling us out, he loaded upon our shoulders one of the largest, nicest melons we have seen this year.

Sol Hook has returned from the San Francisco Medical Institute, where he has been under treatment for “Tumor in the jaw.” He returned very much improved in looks and health.

Mrs. McDonald, opposite the Presbyterian Church, has the latest thing in corsets, Call around and see them, they are indispensable to either fleshy or lean persons.

130 Years Ago

August 5, 1893

Mrs. H.E. Elliott and D.O. Judy were registered at the Barnes hotel Esparto, on Mon day evening of this week.

The afternoon train from Rumsey was an hour and a half late yesterday, owing to the disabling of the lo-