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Doing Good With Wood !
WOODCHIPS FOR:
Landscaping & Walkways
Gardening Mulch
Pet Bedding
Livestock Bedding & Sanitation
Erosion Control
HISTORY
The Northwestern Calaveras County communities of Glencoe, Rail Road Flat, West Point,
and Wilseyville are small, isolated, rural, historic towns located in the Central Sierra Nevada .
The economic displacement of workers due to the closure of all eight local lumber mills within
the last twenty years has led to a gutting of the local economy and an unraveling of the social fabric.
Added to that is extreme fire hazard from forest overgrowth of small trees and brush, especially in the
numerous canyons that surround these communities.
COMMUNITY
While facing many economic and social challenges, these communities' residents possess an
indomitable spirit of community and a determination to revitalize their area and themselves.
Through community interest and involvement, a coalition was established in 2005 to address
local fire threat and economic deterioration. From this collaboration, the CHIPS project emerged.
In addition to numerous residents and local businesses, active participants include:
Calaveras Works and Human Services, Mother Lode Job Training, Calaveras Public Works Department,
Blue Mountain Community Renewal Council, Calaveras County District 2 Board of Supervisor - Steve Wilensky,
Central Sierra Resource Conservation & Development, United States Department of Agriculture, Congressman Dan Lungren,
California State Senator Dave Cox, San Joaquin Delta College Small Business Development Center, West Point News,
National Forest Foundation, California Indian Manpower Consortium, Sierra Forest Legacy, MyCalaveras.com,
Forest Protection Campaign, Stanislaus National Forest, Calaveras County Fire Safe Council, Up Country News,
Calaveras District 2 Planning Commissioner - Holly Mines,
West Point Fire District, SER - Jobs for Progress,
Calaveras County Probation Department, Calaveras County Water District Supervisor - Bob Dean,
Blue Mountain Coalition for Youth, Calaveras County Moutain Mi-wuk Indian Council, Calco Logging,
Mary Anne Garamendi - Stewardship Through Education
GOALS
CHIPS, in its first stages of developing local business solutions accesses and utilizes small diameter wood
and underbrush from private and public lands to create a chipped product for landscape mulch. Subsequent phases
anticipate manufacture of wood pellets, posts and poles, pressed logs, craftsman woodworking products, and energy generation.
MISSION
To address the communities' extreme fire threat while creating healthy forestlands.
Committed to building a sustainable model of economic and social development that
stimulates economic recovery and an enhanced capacity to address social needs.
The CHIPS Project is a best-case example of the “New Forest Economy,” where ecological,
economic, and social issues are blended into a successful outcome for the environment,
the community, and the economy.
C.H.I.P.S. is a Community Supported Project.
C.H.I.P.S.
Calaveras Healthy Impact Products Solutions
291 Main Street - A
P.O. Box 616
West Point , CA 95255
PHONE (209) 293-2333
FAX (209) 293-2306
wp-chips@hotmail.com
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