This Hazardous Fuel Reduction Project will create over 176 acres of shaded fuel break along critical access roads in the wildfire-threatened communities of Coloma and Lotus, in El Dorado County. This popular historic and recreational area, with an estimated 2,000 residents, hosts over 400,000 annual visitors who flock to the river valley. More than 820 habitable structures, numerous accessory structures and numerous campgrounds, RV parks and public facilities -- including two schools -- lie within the approximately 13,000 acre Coloma-Lotus Fire Safe Council (CLFSC) area and depend upon the selected roads for ingress-egress.