The City of White Salmon and the Washington Department of Natural Resources have acquired a contractor to do clearing of fire fuels on the Bluff.  Mayor Marla Keethler says federal funding delays led to the project to be pushed back from this past fall to sometime this summer.  But she points out they have to wait for some cooler weather to do the work, so it may not happen until the late summer or early fall.  She adds this is the first phase of a complete fuel break around the White Salmon city limits that can help defend the community from wildfire.