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Ben Munoz from the City of Montrose puts the finishing touches on one of 200 flags that were erected along Townsend Ave. and the downtown area Wednesday afternoon. The wind played havoc with the flags, bunching them and making them indistinguishable. After citizens complained, workers were sent back up the poll to tie down the lower portion of the flags so they would fly fully unfurled. (Paul Wahl/Montrose Daily Press)

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Coram says legislative session was poorly runBy Paul Wahl

Montrose Daily Press Managing eDitor

Don Coram was not impressed with the most recent session of the Colorado General Assembly.

“Never in six years have I found so much fighting at the well on issues – Republicans fighting Republicans, Democrats fighting Democrats,” Coram told those attending Wednesday’s session of The Forum at Heidi’s Brooklyn Deli. “You never knew where your alliances were going

to be. Everyone took off in a direction all their own.”

Coram gave the ses-sion poor marks for or-ganization, as well.

“This was the most poorly managed calen-dar I’ve ever encoun-tered,” Coram said. “With two weeks re-

maining, 200 bills were still coming from Senate.”

Most of those were bills that were

being held for negotiating ammuni-tion, Coram said, adding he believes bills should “run on their merits ver-sus what you’re trying to horse trade.”

Coram shepherded 24 bills this ses-sion, 19 more than the traditional five legislators are expected to carry.

“I had a very busy session,” he noted.One of the more contentious pieces

of legislation was a bill to reclassify the state’s Hospital Provider Fee as an enterprise fund.

The fee was originally approved in 2009 as a way of leveraging more

money for Colorado hospitals to cover services provided for patients unable to pay and Medicaid recipients.

It hasn’t made a great deal of differ-ence until this year, because of antici-pated Taxpayer Bill of Rights refunds. Income from the fee is tallied under the TABOR formula; as an enterprise fund it would not.

“It was a total war,” Coram said.Coram, a Republican, supported the

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Bonnie Smith, chairwoman of the Colorado Association of REALTORS, explains the ways fire prevention and mitigation benefit homeowners, and the role real estate agents can play in connecting them with resources. (Montrose Daily Press/Katharhynn Heidelberg)

In it together: Experts, area REALTORS unite to cut fire risksBy KaTharhynn heidelBerg

Montrose Daily Press senior Writer

Piñon-juniper clustered close around the winding driveway, leading to a nice, tucked-away wooden home. Like other properties in Log Hill Village, this one came with a stun-ning view and put its occupants up close with nature’s glory.

But, in the wrong conditions, the breathtaking vista becomes a hazard: Nature burns, and wildland fire can lead to catastrophic loss.

That risk does not have to become destiny. Representatives from several firefighting and mitigation agencies, along with the Colorado Association of REALTORS drove home that point Wednesday, as part of the associa-tion’s Colorado Project Wildfire tour.

The project began last year, with the goal of reducing or preventing

property loss and injury due to wild-fires. Real estate agents are in a unique position to help spread the word about the importance of risk mitigation directly to homeown-ers, said Bonnie Smith, Colorado Association of REALTORS chairwoman.

Wildfire affects everyone, not just property owners directly in its path, Smith said. A devastating blaze can affect air quality, as well as the economy.

Colorado has so far this year been spared large-scale wildfires, which makes for “the perfect time” to spread the word about mitigation, Smith said.

“We are eager to step up and lead.”The association strongly supports

legislation that, if signed by the gov-ernor, will increase the income tax deduction for eligible wildfire miti-gation work from 50 percent to 100

percent.That, and education, stands to have

the greatest effect on reducing fire risks, Smith indicated.

“Doing paperwork has never solved a problem, and it’s never stopped a fire,” she said.

Everyone has responsibility to cut the risks, said Lilia Colter Falk, di-rector of the West Region Wildfire Council, headquartered in Montrose.

The wildland/urban interface — where human habitation intersects, or is close to, flammable, natural ter-rain — is expected to grow by 300 per-cent in the next 15 years. Two-million Coloradans already live in wildland/urban interface, Falk said.

The Log Hill community has been proactive in reducing risks, but more work needs to be done.

Bubble-caps part of bark beetle treatment planBy lee ann louPe

U.s. Forest service

The Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests, Ouray and Norwood Ranger Districts have been actively treating bark beetle infestations this spring.

For the fifth year, harvest-ing of dead and dying beetle-infested trees has been com-pleted in the Amphitheatre Campground and in the Nagache day use area near Ouray.

The wood has been cut and stacked in the campground for persons with a valid forest

service fuelwood permit to re-move prior to the Memorial Day weekend.

Additional work that has occurred includes placing white “bubble-caps” on trees in the campground and along the Jud Wiebe Trail near Telluride. Placement of bub-ble-caps is anticipated to occur

along the Divide Road on the Uncompahgre Plateau over the next two weeks.

The bubble-caps are visible and members of the public are asked to leave them un-disturbed and not to remove them from trees for them to work and help prevent further infestation.

Bark beetles and other in-sects communicate using pheromones. The bubble-caps contain MCH which is a natu-rally-occurring chemical com-pound that mimics the bark beetles’ anti-aggregate phero-mones that communicate to

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Obituary

Gregory Charles GenuitOctober 25, 1944 - May 19, 2016

Gregory Charles Genuit, 71, of Ouray passed away on May 19, 2016.

He was an only child born in Newark, NJ., on October 25, 1944 to Charlotte Gregory and Charles Genuit. He grew up in Burbank, CA., but lived most of his life in the beautiful mountains of Ouray.

Gregory began his career as a graphic designer at Lockheed in Burbank, CA. That is where he met his wife, Christina, of 44 years.

In 1973, with a sense of adven-ture, they moved to Ouray along with new baby, Amy. They pur-chased Ouray Liquors and soon thereafter welcomed their second

child, Matthew. Gregory was an active member

of the community: a volunteer of the Ouray Mountain Rescue Team and served over 20 years on the Ouray Volunteer Fire Department. He always loved adventure, an avid runner and skier.

Later in life he continued to be a community volunteer by driving the ambulance, in addition to the Neighbor to Neighbor van.

Never losing his sense of adven-ture, he loved to travel. He went on numerous cruises and made a yearly trip to the Indianapolis 500. Among his hobbies, he loved to golf and most afternoons you could find him soaking in the hot

springs.Gregory will be remembered by

his conversations. He loved to talk and he was always ready with a story to share. His unique ability to engage people ensured that he was always surrounded by friends.

Gregory is survived by Christina Genuit, daughter Amy (Jeff) Rogers, son Matthew (Jackie) Genuit and grandchildren, Trey, Griffin and Sydney.

The family will be holding a private service. Memorial dona-tions may be made in Gregory’s name to: Ouray Volunteer Fire Department, Ouray Mountain Rescue Team, Ouray County EMS and Ouray Police Department.

West Region Wildfire CouncilThe council has area-specific resources for fire miti-gation in Montrose, Delta, Gunnison, San Miguel, Ouray and Hinsdale counties that can help communi-ties adapt to live with fire. Through the council, 5,000 home-specific assessments have been done. • WRWC cost-share programsThe WRWC also coordinates and, through grant money, partially funds homeowners in developing de-fensible space and in wood-chipping. The Colorado State Forest Service is a critical partner in the cost-sharing program.The program reimburses a portion of costs associ-ated with wildfire mitigation work on eligible proper-ties. The first step is to contact the council, (970) 615-7300, and schedule a site visit.Landowners should consult a natural resources pro-fessional to set up a project idea, prepare a project map, and information about the scope of work. The landowner and WRWC spell out the cost-shares in a formal agreement; the landowner then hires a contractor, who ordinarily must complete the work within three months.More information can be found at www.COwildfire.org.

Colorado Project Wildfire

Information about this Colorado Association of REALTORS program can be found at www.colora-doprojectwildfire.com. The site provides informa-tion about how to protect homes from wildfire, cur-rent Colorado danger zones, and who is affected by wildfire.The site offers access to city, county state and fed-eral resource organizations, mitigation education, and more.The association is partnering with local fire-mitigation and prevention organizations to spread awareness in hopes of getting more property owners to protect their investments.

Defensible space zones

Zone 1: The first 15 feet beyond the structure should have only a small amount of vegetation; free of accu-mulated dead vegetation and flammable debris; and plants should be kept well irrigated.Zone 2: Fuel reduction area to decrease intensi-ty of approaching fires. Trees and shrubs should be thinned to provide at least 10 feet between tree crowns. The zone may extend out to 100 feet or more from the home, depending on the type of fuels pres-ent and the property slope.Zone 3: This zone can extend all the way to the prop-erty boundary. Trees and large shrubs can be pruned to prevent a ground fire from climbing into the crowns of trees. Remove dead and down debris.

“We are proud of the efforts … to better pro-tect our mesa,” Log Hill Fire Protection District Chief John Rogers said. “However, we can’t rest on our achievements.”

Log Hill in 2012 pro-duced a property-specific recommendation report, which spurred several homeowners into action; still, only about 30 per-cent of homes there have, in fact, established defen-sible space, Rogers said.

Remember the home described above? The problems, from a fire-fighting standpoint, are apparent from the road. Or, perhaps more accurately, not appar-ent: the home cannot be seen from the road, leav-ing firefighters to guess conditions.

The address should be on reflective metal, with numbers/name in letters at least 3 inches high, to assist any emergency re-sponder in locating it. And that driveway? Too narrow, especially with all the dense fuel around it.

“I worry about sur-vivable space for my firefighters,” Log Hill Assistant Fire Chief Tom Austin said, after WRWC’s mitigation and education coordinator Jamie Gomez pointed out some of the home’s vul-nerabilities to the more than 50 tour attendees.

“I’m not going to risk their lives to save a home. … You’ve got to do some mitigation,” Austin said.

Homeowners should also understand that mit-igation is more than cut-ting back trees, Gomez and Colorado State Forest Assistant Director Austin Shelby said. Structural ignitability demands attention.

A home’s roof plays a large role in whether a home survives a wildfire — it is the largest hori-zontal, or nearly hori-zontal, space and can be-come a landing strip for “firebrands,” or embers, which can be carried quite a distance.

The quality of roof on the home in ques-tion was quite good, but the home’s siding was wooden, and it also had a large, wooden deck,

under which were gas cans, a wooden patio bench and other flam-mable items. Grass grew thick around the home; in a few months, it will be dry enough to act as tinder.

“We could do lots of mitigation, but if those vulnerabilities continue, this home is still at risk,” Gomez said.

The WRWC conducts site visits and assess-ments, which focus on structures, in addi-tion to defensible space. Recommendations for the home in question includ-ed replacing the wood-en deck with synthetic

decking material, and changing the siding to something less flamma-ble, when the time comes for those updates.

Up the road, just outside the boundar-ies of Log Hill Village, Barthold Lichtenbelt has taken advantage of the WRWC’s cost-share pro-gram for fire mitigation, and protected his home in the process.

The home is clearly visible from the road, as is the reflective ad-dress sign. His wide drive leads to a concrete parking apron that ex-tends several feet beyond the home, which itself

is located uphill. While Lichtenbelt’s large deck is a vulnerability, apart from its posts, the deck-ing material is synthetic. The home’s siding looks like wood; it is cement board.

“A lot of his choices are excellent. He has a large, hardened area around the home,” Gomez said.

Through the cost-share program, Lichtenbelt thinned the fuels on his property, removing some trees, while prun-ing others, and removed all Gambel oak and serviceberry. The rise upon which his home sits is sloped and grav-eled, which could further serve to slow a fire.

In all, Lichtenbelt treat-ed 3 of his 9 acres, which has served to open up the view and make his property more accessible for his own enjoyment, he said. And of course, there is the safety fac-tor — when the weath-er turns hot and dry, he feels even better about what he’s done.

“Don’t be afraid. It’s very painless,” Lichtenbelt said of the cost-share application process.

Wednesday’s tour also stopped at a 20-acre shad-ed fuel break created in 2013. Thinning fuels on the escarpment can slow or halt a fire carried by the dominant winds along the southwest side of the mesa, Austin said.

Plus, the project helps people see what creating defensible space actu-ally looks like, and helps dispel perceptions that it means clear-cutting, he indicated.

Wednesday’s Colorado Project Wildfire tour drew representatives from regional, state and federal agencies, as well as government officials. Smith said that high-lights the importance of ongoing partnerships.

“It does take a village to make this happen,” she said.

“Log Hill has led the way in showing Ouray County what can and should be done,” Ouray County Commissioner Ben Tisdel said, adding that he’s pleased to have the REALTORS associa-tion involved, along with many other partners, in-cluding the private land-owners. “It takes not only a village, it takes a state.”

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