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TCS Project Tracker Placer County Resource Conservation District

Emigrant Gap Demonstration State Forest

Strategy
Fuels 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
2023 - 2025
Footprint Acres
323 acres
Forest Resilience Fuels Reduction
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.

Key Accomplishments

  • Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment: 54.00 acres

Pillars of Resilience

  • Air Quality
  • Biodiversity Conservation
  • Carbon Sequestration
  • Economic Diversity
  • Fire Adapted Communities
  • Fire Dynamics
  • Forest Resilience
  • Water Security
Vegetation after pretreatment spray, before cutting and chipping. (Timing: Before) (~460 KB) Credit: Lewis Campbell
Vegetation after pretreatment spray, before cutting and chipping.
Credit: Lewis Campbell

Location

Expenditures

Expenditures by Funding Source to Date: $300,000.00
California Department of ... (Cal Fire): $300,000

Photos

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)
Credit: Lewis Campbell
Vegetation after cutting and chipping. (Timing: After) (~532 KB) Credit: Lewis Campbell
Vegetation after cutting and chipping. (Timing: After)
Credit: Lewis Campbell
Vegetation after cutting and chipping. (Timing: After) (~519 KB) Credit: Lewis Campbell
Vegetation after cutting and chipping. (Timing: After)
Credit: Lewis Campbell
Vegetation after cutting and chipping. (Timing: After) (~44 KB) Credit: Lewis Campbell
Vegetation after cutting and chipping. (Timing: After)
Credit: Lewis Campbell
Project last updated 3/27/2025

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