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Emigrant Gap Demonstration State Forest

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Contents

Project Overview

Basics

Forest and Community Resilience & Health
Forest Resilience
Fuels Reduction
Emigrant Gap Demonstration State Forest
Implementation
Project is a cooperative partner effort with CAL FIRE to implement fuels reduction on the newest CAL FIRE Demonstration State Forest to provide ingress/egress for recreationists and the Sky Mountain Camp at Lake Valley Reservoir, as well as to restore forest structure after the 2001 gap fire, begin to restore the historic fire return interval, and protect the natural, historic and prehistoric resources on the forest.
2023
2023
2025
3/27/2025

Project Attributes

Footprint Acres
323 acres

Location

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  • Placer
  • Not in a National Forest
  • Upper North Fork American River (1802012801)
  • North Fork American (18020128)
  • WUI Threat

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: Hand Thinning 54 acres

Reported Performance Measures

Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment
Critical Zone Treatment Phases Treatment Type Total 2025 2024 2023 Units
Unspecified Completed Hand Thinning 54 14 30 10 acres
Total 54 14 30 10 acres

Financials

Budget

$300,000.00
$300,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
Total
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) (Cal Fire) $300,000.00 $0.00 $300,000.00
Total $300,000.00 $0.00 $300,000.00
Comment: None provided

Reported Expenditures

2023 2024 2025 Total
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) (Cal Fire) $70,000.00 $200,000.00 $30,000.00 $300,000.00
Grand Total $70,000.00 $200,000.00 $30,000.00 $300,000.00
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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    Vegetation after cutting and chipping. (Timing: After) (~44 KB) Credit: Lewis Campbell

    Vegetation after cutting and chipping.
    (Timing: After) (~44 KB)
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    Vegetation after cutting and chipping. (Timing: After) (~519 KB) Credit: Lewis Campbell

    Vegetation after cutting and chipping.
    (Timing: After) (~519 KB)
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    Vegetation after cutting and chipping. (Timing: After) (~532 KB) Credit: Lewis Campbell

    Vegetation after cutting and chipping.
    (Timing: After) (~532 KB)
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    Vegetation after pretreatment spray, before cutting and chipping. (Timing: Before) (~460 KB) Credit: Lewis Campbell

    Vegetation after pretreatment spray, before cutting and chipping.
    (Timing: Before) (~460 KB)
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    Vegetation after pretreatment spray, before cutting and chipping. (Timing: Before) (~575 KB) Credit: Lewis Campbell

    Vegetation after pretreatment spray, before cutting and chipping.
    (Timing: Before) (~575 KB)

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