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MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. — Forest Supervisor Wade McMaster announced Roy Jones will step in as the acting Grindstone District Ranger, following the departure of Loren Everest, who recently transferred to the Plumas National Forest on the Feather River Ranger District.
Jones will be on board for 120 days.
“I want to thank Loren for all he has done for the Grindstone and Mendocino, and I wish him well on his new adventure on the Plumas,” said Forest Supervisor McMaster. “I also want to thank Roy for stepping up while we move forward with the hiring process for the permanent position.”
In 2001 Jones began his career with the Forest Service on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest working on a type-3 fire engine.
After completing the fire apprenticeship program, Jones joined the Mendocino National Forest as a permanent assistant fire engine operator in 2004, and was later promoted to fire engine operator and engine captain positions.
Jones has served in his current role as Safety Program manager for the Mendocino National Forest since 2018.
In 2022 he completed a 120-detail as a deputy district ranger on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Trinity River Management Unit and South Fork Management Unit.
“I look forward to serving and supporting the Grindstone in the district ranger position,” said Jones.
In his spare time, Jones enjoys hunting, fishing and spending time with his family.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Spectacular California wildflower photography will be the topic at the Jan. 18 Zoom meeting of the Redbud Audubon Society at 7 p.m.
Internationally acclaimed conservation photographers Rob Badger and Nita Winter will share scenes of their 27-year journey photographing wildflowers and super-bloom landscapes throughout California and the West.
This decades-long journey led to the creation of their award-winning coffee-table book, “Beauty and the Beast: California Wildflowers and Climate Change," co-published with the California Native Plant Society.
The book, which has won 12 awards, is a celebration of California’s amazing plant diversity.
The book’s stories about the wildflowers are to inspire hope and action on climate change, and the book serves as a companion to their traveling educational exhibit.
Rob Badger and Nita Winter have been life partners and creative collaborators for more than three decades.
Their work has been featured in Time, Mother Jones, and Sierra magazines, the New York Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and the Los Angeles Times.
They are the recent recipients of the Sierra Club’s 2020 Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography.
The photographs in their book are not intended to show the effects of climate change on wildflowers.
Rather, Rob and Nita share what scientists, including some of the authors who contributed to their book, are learning about how climate change is affecting wildflowers and what we can do to protect them.
To register for the program, click on the registration link on the homepage of Redbud Audubon’s website. The Zoom link for the program will be sent on the day of the presentation.
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The Eastlake Landfill and the Public Services office will reopen on Tuesday, Jan. 16.
Regular operating hours at the landfill are 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
The Public Services Office is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
If you have any questions regarding this subject or any solid waste topics in Lake County, please call 707-262-1618.
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The Mendocino National Forest is recruiting for its 2024 wildland fire on-call program.
Anyone 18 or older can sign up and get paid to be trained as a firefighter.
Attend one of their in-person hiring days, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 16 to 17, in Upper Lake at 10025 Elk Mountain Road.
After training and passing the "pack test," you'll be rostered for the summer season.
Register online https://bit.ly/oc24 or send them a message on Facebook @MendocinoNF.
Deadline to register is Feb. 1.