Western Klamath Landscape Fuels Reduction and Forest Health Project

Western Klamath Landscape Fuels Reduction and Forest Health Project

The Western Klamath Landscape Fuels Reduction and Forest Health Project will establish new fire lines and fuel breaks and maintain existing fuel breaks that have been constructed over the past 15 years. Shaded fuel breaks will be created directly adjacent to residences and roads. Hand crew and mechanical treatments will include thinning small diameter trees (6" dbh or less), pruning of lower limbs, removal of undergrowth and removal of deadwood. The project will utilize prescribed fire to reduce fuel loads after hand treatments are completed. The project will enhance the sequestration of carbon and storage of G HG emissions by reducing the extent of moderate to high fire intensity wildfires. The project area is currently overstocked with conifers due to the previous systematic approach to fire suppression. The application of prescribed fire will help to reduce stand density and restore ecological processes, encourage native plant biodiversity, reduce fuel loads, and enhance cultural botanical and wildlife species. Active management following project implementation will maintain a significant firebreak that will assist CAL FIRE, Forest Service, local fire departments, and landowners in managing threatening wildfires in the future. The project reduces the risk of large, severe fires through fuels

Humboldt, Siskiyou