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Placer County Coordinated Fuel Break

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Project Overview

Basics

Forest and Community Resilience & Health
Community Wildfire Protection
Wildland Urban Interface Hazardous Fuel Reduction
Placer County Coordinated Fuel Break
Implementation
Project is a cooperative partner effort to strategically reduce fuels along the American River canyon rim that borders the communities of Applegate, Heather Glen, Weimar, Clipper Gap, as well as neighboring Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) lands. The project involves the creation of a 197-acre shaded fuel break and the maintenance of a 143-acre shaded fuel break.
2019
2021
2026
3/27/2025

Project Attributes

Footprint Acres
311 acres

Location

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  • Placer
  • Not in a National Forest
  • Lower North Fork American River (1802012806)
  • North Fork American (18020128)
  • WUI Defense

Organizations

Funder
  • California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Lead Implementer
  • Placer County Resource Conservation District

Contacts

Lewis Campbell - Placer County Resource Conservation District (Placer County RCD) (lewis@placerrcd.org)

Performance Measures

Expected Performance Measures

Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment Critical Zone: Unspecified Treatment Phases: Completed Treatment Type: Prescribed/Targeted Grazing 23.5 acres
Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment Critical Zone: Unspecified Treatment Phases: Completed Treatment Type: Pile Burning 2 acres
Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment Critical Zone: Unspecified Treatment Phases: Completed Treatment Type: Pruning 324 acres
Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment Critical Zone: Unspecified Treatment Phases: Completed Treatment Type: Broadcast Burning 44 acres
Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment Critical Zone: Unspecified Treatment Phases: Completed Treatment Type: Chipping 210.5 acres
Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment Critical Zone: Unspecified Treatment Phases: Completed Treatment Type: Mastication 113.5 acres
Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment Critical Zone: Unspecified Treatment Phases: Completed Treatment Type: Hand Thinning 210.5 acres

Reported Performance Measures

Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment
Critical Zone Treatment Phases Treatment Type Total 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 Units
Unspecified Planning Pile Burning 2 2 N/A N/A N/A N/A acres
Unspecified Completed Broadcast Burning 44 N/A 32 12 N/A N/A acres
Unspecified Completed Pruning 428 N/A 52 52 66.5 257.5 acres
Unspecified Completed Pile Burning 4 N/A 2 2 N/A N/A acres
Unspecified Completed Hand Thinning 262.5 N/A N/A 52 66.5 144 acres
Unspecified Completed Chipping 262.5 N/A N/A 52 66.5 144 acres
Unspecified Completed Mastication 113.5 N/A N/A N/A N/A 113.5 acres
Unspecified Completed Prescribed/Targeted Grazing 23.5 N/A N/A N/A N/A 23.5 acres
Total 1,140 2 86 170 199.5 682.5 acres

Financials

Budget

$1,302,214.00
$1,302,214.00
$0.00
$0.00
Total
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) (Cal Fire) $1,302,214.00 $0.00 $1,302,214.00
Total $1,302,214.00 $0.00 $1,302,214.00
Comment: None provided

Reported Expenditures

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Total
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) (Cal Fire) $95,000.00 $29,256.51 $360,833.54 $612,443.55 $101,624.59 $36,053.57 $0.00 $0.00 $1,235,211.76
Grand Total $95,000.00 $29,256.51 $360,833.54 $612,443.55 $101,624.59 $36,053.57 $0.00 $0.00 $1,235,211.76
Note: None provided

Pillars of Resilience

Pillars of Resilience

Reducing hazardous fuels reduces the risk of high severity wildfire creating extreme air pollution.
Thinning reduces plant competition and improves habitat for a more diverse array of species. Having knowledge of native species helps project managers protect and conserve biodiversity.
Forest thinning improves individual tree vigor and can increase rates of carbon sequestration.
This project has employed several local vegetation management contractors.
Multiple landowners within the project area were encouraged by the fuel reduction efforts and began using fire to manage their land.
Fuels reduction helps to modify fire behavior for both wildfire and controlled fire, leading to decreased fire severity and increased beneficial fire effects.
Fuel reduction treatments improve forest resilience by better preparing the forest for wildfire and other natural disturbances.
Fuel reduction treatments increase water infiltration and downstream water supply by reducing the amount of water uptake by plants and reducing the amount of material intercepting precipitation before it can penetrate the soil.

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    Point 1 after grazing (Timing: After) (~4,996 KB) Credit: Allison Erny

    Point 1 after grazing
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    Point 1 before grazing (Timing: Before) (~5,119 KB) Credit: Allison Erny

    Point 1 before grazing
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    Vegetation condition after treatment. (Timing: After) (~266 KB) Credit: Allison Erny

    Vegetation condition after treatment.
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    Vegetation condition after treatment. (Timing: After) (~267 KB) Credit: Allison Erny

    Vegetation condition after treatment.
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    Vegetation condition after treatment. (Timing: After) (~290 KB) Credit: Allison Erny

    Vegetation condition after treatment.
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    Vegetation condition after treatment. (Timing: After) (~5,401 KB) Credit: Allison Erny

    Vegetation condition after treatment.
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    Vegetation condition before treatment. (Timing: Before) (~1,729 KB) Credit: Allison Erny

    Vegetation condition before treatment.
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    Vegetation condition before treatment. (Timing: Before) (~272 KB) Credit: Allison Erny

    Vegetation condition before treatment.
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    Vegetation condition before treatment. (Timing: Before) (~296 KB) Credit: Allison Erny

    Vegetation condition before treatment.
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    Vegetation condition before treatment. (Timing: Before) (~315 KB) Credit: Allison Erny

    Vegetation condition before treatment.
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