Tricia M. Abbas This is Me

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1. 1. Big Bear Grizzly, Big Bear Lake, California, News and Classifieds

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   Published on: 11/4/2004   Last Visited: 11/4/2004

   Highway 18 will be closed to motorists traveling to or from Big Bear Valley Monday through Wednesday, Nov. 8-10, then reopen Nov. 11-14 for the Veteran's Day holiday weekend, said Tricia Abbas, public information officer for the Forest Service.The tree removal project resumes Nov. 15, and the road will be closed Monday through Friday.The closure is in effect from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Fridays.No work or closures will be done on weekends or holidays.
   
   "If all goes perfectly, we should be done in 10 days," Abbas said.She said 10 to 15 days is more realistic, but the project will stop Dec. 17 complete or not.
   
   The tree falling project was announced at a Resident Traffic Advisory Committee meeting in Big Bear Oct. 20 to stunned Valley officials.Highway 18 from Running Springs, often called the front way by residents and visitors, is the most traveled of the three routes in and out of Big Bear Valley.Motorists will need to use Highway 38 through Redlands or Highway 18 from the high desert to reach Big Bear.Abbas said the Forest Service, Caltrans and the Natural Resource Conservation Service considered postponing the project to spring or a less busy tourist season for the mountain community.Consultations with tree experts led to the decision to move forward, Abbas said.The tree experts said the trees would have to come down at some point, and waiting only increased the risk of the trees coming down on a car, Abbas said."If not now, we are likely to see the trees come down on people with all the snow and moisture.It's likely to cause more problems," Abbas said.
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   The trees are dead and compromised, and in danger of falling due to snow and moisture, bringing rocks and other debris with them, Abbas said.
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   Abbas said a Forest Service battalion chief traveling the Arctic Circle recently saw a tree come down in a similar manner.No one was injured and there was no damage in this incident, but both trees coming down show the potential danger, Abbas said.
   
   The project involves a timber contractor from Canada and a helicopter logging crew from Oregon.The timber crew will work through inclement weather; however, the helicopters will be grounded during snow, Abbas said.

2. 2. Lake Arrowhead Mountain-News

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   Published on: 10/7/2003   Last Visited: 10/7/2003

   "We had five engines on scene," according to Forest Service spokesperson Tricia Abbas, "CDF dispatched three units and Crest Forest had four engines and a water tender.

3. 3. KBHR 93.3 Big Bear Radio Broadcasting

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   Published on: 11/5/2003   Last Visited: 12/7/2004

   According to Tricia Abbas of the San Bernardino National Forest, there are currently eight fires burning on Forest Service land.All of the fires were started by lightning strikes.