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Placer County Resource Conservation District

Placer County Coordinated Fuel Break

Strategy

Wildland Urban Interface Hazardous Fuel Reduction

Lead Implementer

Placer County Resource Conservation District

Funders

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

Project Primary Contact

Lewis Campbell (lewis@placerrcd.org)

Project Stage

Implementation

Duration

2021 - 2026

Community Wildfire Protection Wildland Urban Interface Hazardous Fuel Reduction

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.

Key Accomplishments

Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment: 1,140.00 acres

Pillars of Resilience

Air Quality
Biodiversity Conservation
Carbon Sequestration
Economic Diversity
Fire Adapted Communities
Fire Dynamics
Forest Resilience
Water Security

Vegetation condition before treatment.
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Credit: Allison Erny

Vegetation condition before treatment.

Credit: Allison Erny

Location

Expenditures

Expenditures by Funding Source to Date: $1,235,211.76

California Department of ... (Cal Fire): $1,235,212

Photos

Vegetation condition before treatment.
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Credit: Allison Erny

Vegetation condition before treatment. (Timing: Before)

Credit: Allison Erny

Vegetation condition before treatment.
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Credit: Allison Erny

Vegetation condition before treatment. (Timing: Before)

Credit: Allison Erny

Vegetation condition before treatment.
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Credit: Allison Erny

Vegetation condition before treatment. (Timing: Before)

Credit: Allison Erny

Point 1 before grazing
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Point 1 before grazing (Timing: Before)

Credit: Allison Erny

Vegetation condition after treatment.
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Credit: Allison Erny

Vegetation condition after treatment. (Timing: After)

Credit: Allison Erny

Vegetation condition after treatment.
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Credit: Allison Erny

Vegetation condition after treatment. (Timing: After)

Credit: Allison Erny

Vegetation condition after treatment.
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Credit: Allison Erny

Vegetation condition after treatment. (Timing: After)

Credit: Allison Erny

Vegetation condition after treatment.
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Credit: Allison Erny

Vegetation condition after treatment. (Timing: After)

Credit: Allison Erny

Point 1 after grazing
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Credit: Allison Erny

Point 1 after grazing (Timing: After)

Credit: Allison Erny

Project last updated 3/27/2025