Junk Your Juniper In Reno And Receive A Free Defensible Space
Reno area residents are being encouraged to “Junk The Junipers” Sunday in an effort to modify ornamental landscaping around homes and buildings to help reduce the threat of a wildland fire destroying structures.
Pinon juniper trees were the main fuel source in the recent Como Fire east of Carson City.
Flammable juniper plants placed adjacent to homes and other structures can significantly contribute to the spread of a wildland fire to those structures. Residents are being asked to remove junipers from around their home and bring them to one of two Moana Nursery locations. Each Moana Nursery location will exchange the junipers for a replacement plant on a one plant per household basis. Each location will have up 50 plants to exchange throughout the day until gone.
This is the second year for the program, coordinated by the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, in which the Reno Fire Department has partnered with Moana Nursery, to hold the “Junk The Junipers” day at the Moana Nursery locations at 11000 West Moana Lane and 11301 South Virginia Street.
This event is part of Nevada Wildfire Awareness Week observances May 17-24. Information on creating defensible space around your home will also be available from the Living With Fire program. To go to their web site click here.
The Junk The Juniper event has been developed to help increase community awareness of the flammability of some ornamental plants used in landscaping. Sponsors of the program hope that area residents will also consider modification of landscaping to include more fire resistive plants around their homes to eliminate junipers and other flammable vegetation and implement measures that can help reduce the intensity and spread of wildland fires and the potential extension of fire to homes and other structures.
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
