Former CDF Training Area Restoration Project, Mammoth Bar Off-Highway Area

Former CDF Training Area Restoration Project, Mammoth Bar Off-Highway Area

The objective of this project is to restore to native conditions the former CDF Training Area (CDFTA) trail within the Mammoth Bar Off Highway Vehicle (OHV) Area. This trail traverses a section of the northernmost extent of the Chamise series (Sawer, J.) referable to chaparral plant community (Holland, 1988). The chamise series is a plant community dominated by shrubs, with chamise as the sole or dominant shrub in the canopy. Though this plant community is not rare in its distribution in California, the CDFTA area represents a population that is in the northern most part of its range. Some of the other plants in the area include Interior Live Oak, Poison Oak, and Toyon. The soils in the project area are typically Auburn-Sob ante-Rock outcrop complex, 30 to 50% slopes and Auburn-Sobrante-Rock outcrop complex, 50 to 70% slopes. Originally, the condition of this area was created through the use by CDF in the late 1980's and early 1990's to train crews on building fire lines through brush. The training in this area was discontinued because of environmental concerns. Some time after this the site developed into an undesignated OHV riding area. In 2001, direct access to the area was blocked to rehabilitate the area and no OHV use is now occurring in the area. This proposed project is to restore the remaining disturbed areas by soil contouring, mulching, drainage repair and seeding and planting of appropriate native plants.

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