Basin Complex; Carmel Valley Residents Remain Evacuated
Those living in Cachagua in Lower Carmel Valley are still under an evacuation order. It’s clear fire commanders will keep residents of the Cachagua community out of their homes while they ‘fire out”...
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Basin Complex Commander Deitrich Exits Quietly
Basin Complex Fire Commander Mike Deitrich slipped out of camp July 14 with no fanfare from what I see. Deitrich was not honored by Big Sur in the same manner commander Molumby of the the Zaca Fire...
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Basin Complex Fire East Front Activity July 17
According to GeoMAC Basin Fire command has bit off a lot of acreage during their firing operations today. Residents in the Cachagua and Jamesburg.communities are seeing a lot of smoke overhead. If you...
View ArticleTassajara: Victims of USFS Bureaucratic Incompetence
Details of the heroic fight to save the Tassajara Zen Center are filtering out. Center Director David Zimmerman, one of the five “fire monks” describes the events that led to the final evacuation of...
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New Basin Complex Commander Establishes Her Presence
On her first full day as Basin Complex Fire incident commander Jeanne Pincha-Tulley put her public relations skills to work. I suggested here and still believe her assignment is a move by the Forest...
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Tale of Two Learning Centers, U.C. Berkeley & San Francisco Zen Center
Both maintain learning retreats in the same forest, both share a similar mission of teaching. Both respect the land they occupy. Both strive to do right by nature and society. The University of...
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Basin Complex Scars 152,000 Acres, End Near
Basin Complex command estimates the final total acreage will be 162,818 with a final cost of $78,000,000.Current containment is estimated is at 79% though a containment line has been around the...
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Forest Service Head Pops In On Basin Complex Fire Camp
U.S. Forest Service Chief Abigail Kimbell visited the Basin Complex incident base today. Incident Commander Jeanne Pincha-Tulley and her command staff also entertained an incident management team from...
View Article"I Think We Saved Tassajara" A Fire Story Like No Other
Tassajara Mountain Center Director David Zimmerman recounts how he and four fellow “fire-monks” faced the Basin Complex Fire as it swept down canyon from four sides on the afternoon of July 10. We read...
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Fire Monks, A Story of Fire, Bravery and Abandonment
When fire swept down canyon and into the grounds of their monastery a group of five Buddhist Monks were waiting. None of them had direct fire ground experience but what they possessed was a lifetime of...
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