Zone Zero rules to impact majority of Rancho Bernardo, Poway properties

Property owners in “very high fire hazard severity zone” will need to redo their landscaping and relocate or remove common ...

Wildfire mitigation underway as Poway crews clear dangerous trees

Crews in Poway are removing hundreds of eucalyptus trees and other nonnative species along wildfire evacuation routes to improve safety during emergencies, with the project expected to be completed by ...

2.8k unsafe trees being cut down in Poway to reduce risk of dry brush, downed trees

Poway says they're being proactive. Close to 7,000 trees were assessed and determined 2,800 trees that are dying or diseased will be removed to reduce danger.
NBC 7 San Diego

Poway starts cutting down thousands of trees to mitigate fire danger

The city of Poway has begun cutting down about 2,700 diseased or dead trees to clear debris, particularly along key evacuation routes, in the event of a wildfire. The project is years in the making, ...
AOL

Vegetation fire in Poway prompts road closures, evacuations

POWAY, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Several homes were evacuated and a major intersection in Poway was closed due to a vegetation fire that was ignited by a vehicle fire on Saturday, Cal Fire reports.
NBC 7 San Diego

Poway removes hundreds of trees to make city safer

Drivers traveling through the city of Poway may have noticed a dramatic change to the landscape. Since September, more than 1,400 trees — many of them eucalyptus — have been removed as part of the ...
KPBS

Poway to clear thousands of trees from wildfire evacuation routes

Poway is starting to remove an estimated 2,500 trees along fire evacuation routes. The project was years in the making. The city got nearly $2 million from two Federal Emergency Management Agency ...