South Siskiyou County Hazardous Fuel Reduction Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025040388
Lead Agency
Shasta Valley Resource Conservation District
Document Title
South Siskiyou County Hazardous Fuel Reduction Project
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Agriculture and Forestry
Document Description
The grant will be used to perform hazardous fuel treatments in select locations around the communities of Mt. Shasta, Dunsmuir, and McCloud. The goal of the project is to reduce the risk of wildfire within high-priority Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) areas by reducing hazardous fuels. Hazardous fuel reduction aims to reduce the continuity of fuels outside the defensible space zone in order to prevent surface fires from becoming high-intensity, high-severity crown fires. It involves reducing ladder and surface fuels as well as tree crown density by spacing trees and shrubs vertically and horizontally. The longevity of these measures is improved by increasing the height of overstory trees and allowing larger, mature trees to dominate a greater proportion of sites, thereby shading out and controlling understory fuels.?
The proposed treatments include removing ground and ladder fuels, thinning trees to reduce crown closure, removing dead and dying trees, and in some areas applying herbicide to control the future regrowth of unwanted vegetation and maintain an understory canopy without fire-prone fuels. Treatment will focus on reducing vertical and horizontal continuity of fuels; removing competition from small, closely spaced, fire-vulnerable species; and promoting a smaller number of resilient larger trees. Generally, larger living trees will be spaced to a distance of greater than 30 feet.
Contact Information
Name
Rod Dowse
Agency Name
Shasta Valley Resource Conservation District
Job Title
District Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Renee Main
Agency Name
Shasta Valley RCD
Job Title
Project Coordinator
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Wendy Johnson
Agency Name
VESTRA Resources Inc.
Job Title
Vice President
Contact Types
Consulting Firm
Phone
Email
Name
Alex Carter
Agency Name
The McConnell Foundation
Job Title
Director of Ecosystem Resilience
Contact Types
Consulting Firm
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Dunsmuir, McCloud, Mount Shasta
Counties
Siskiyou
Regions
Citywide, Unincorporated
Total Acres
7,000
Township
38N
Range
4W
Section
1
Other Location Info
38N,4W, section 2; 39N, 2W, sections 6 & 7; 39N, 3W, sections 1,2,6,7,12,18,19,30; 39N, 4W, Sections 12,13,24,25,26,35,36; 40N, 2W section 31; 40 N, 3W, sections 30,31,34,35,36; 40N, 4W, sections 5,8,9,10,11,14,15,22,23,24,25,27,35,36; 41N, 4W section 34
Notice of Completion
Development Types
Other (Initial Study)
Local Actions
Specific Plan
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Noise, Recreation, Wetland/Riparian, Archeological/Historical, Forest Land/Fire Hazard, Soil Erosion/Compacting/Grading, Traffic Circulation, Water Quality
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from State Reviewing Agency(ies)]
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