Three Rivers Together

Work on the Highway 198 culvert rehabilitation project from the Sequoia National Park boundary down past Lake Kaweah is expected continue at least until the middle of December. Closures are typically in place from 6:30am to 4:30pm (though they could go as late as 6pm if necessary). The maximum number of simultaneous closures each day is two, with no more than 10 minute delays for each closure. Click link above for more information.

There is a lot happening on our streets to prepare for winter storms and mitigate fire risk, and we can expect driving delays on our roadways for the next few weeks. The county, Caltrans, and the SCE contractor are asking for our patience and extra caution as they conduct their work. In addition, the county is asking for our assistance in identifying potholes, sediment-filled ditches, failing shoulders, blocked and missing culverts, and other issues that could become a problem this winter. Click the link above for details.

SCE has many more power outages scheduled for the next two weeks. Unless the situation changes, we can expect more unscheduled power outages, as well. Although yesterday’s power outage affected all of Three Rivers, the scheduled outages are expected to impact discrete portions of the community. Click the link above for details.

Sequoia National Forest personnel, in coordination with the Sierra National Forest and Kings Canyon National Park, are conducting an extensive burn operation on the north side of Highway 180. On Thursday and Friday, the fire had an adverse effect on air quality in Sequoia National Park and had moderate impacts in some parts of Three Rivers. The ignitions are expected continue while weather and air quality conditions allow. Click the link above for more details and resources.

CAL FIRE personnel are conducting a prescribed burn six miles northwest of the community of Springville. The Merritt prescribed burn is having an adverse impact on air quality in Three Rivers. Click the link above for more details.

Click the link above for a summary of the anticipated impacts of the SR 198 Culverts Repair Project and additional sources of information.

The Three Rivers Union School District (TRUS) is governed by the TRUS School Board. It holds monthly board meetings held on the second Wednesday of each month at 5:15 PM in the school library. TRUS needs one individual that wants to be part of our Three Rivers Union School community.  Would you like to help our students? Click the link above for details.

All the BLM roads and trails in the areas locally known as Skyline, Salt Creek, Case Mountain, and Milk Ranch have been reopened. This closure was in place for public and firefighter safety in relation to the Coffeepot Fire and management of that fire.