SCH Number 2024071003

Project Info

Title

State Lands Commission: Shasta Springs Fuels Reduction

Description

Trinity County Resource Conservation District (The District) plans to implement fuels reduction activities in the form of hand thinning, hand piling, chipping, mastication, pile burning, and broadcast burning on approximately 280 acres associated with this project on Musser Hill near the communities of Weaverville and Lewiston in Trinity County, CA. The project area is entirely on land owned by the California State Lands Commission. Fuel Reduction treatments are part of a larger effort by the District and partners to reduce fuels and increase ease of firefighter access along ridges between Weaverville and Lewiston, a strategic area for community protection. Topography is moderate to steep (20%-70%) throughout much of the project area and elevations range from approximately 2200’-2700’. Emphasis will be placed on eliminating the continuity of surface and ladder fuels. Some sub canopy trees may be removed to break up vertical continuity to dominant trees as well as to raise the canopy base height, which will reduce future fire intensity. Prescription will include a combination of the fuels reduction techniques listed above as appropriate based on current conditions, slopes, and access constraints.

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