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Lake County Hazardous Fuel Reduction Project - Phase 1

Funding Source:  CAL FIRE Fire Prevention Grant Program; California Climate Investments (CCI)

Project Description 

Hazardous fuel reduction is on everyone’s priority list after four years of breathing wildfire smoke, evacuation, destruction of whole communities, and economic downturn. This project will focus on CAL FIRE’s highest priority project areas where WUI fuel load is at an alarming level.

Our project activities will reduce the risk of wildfire starting, spreading and developing into a catastrophic fire that deposits tons of GHG emissions into the atmosphere including extremely potent black carbon which is also a public health hazard. An established workforce development program for ecological restoration will place a second cohort of students through the program. A prescribed fire TREX event will be hosted in the county so that local practitioners can participate in professional training. Regional prioritization planning will allow prioritization of hazardous fuel reduction projects in the county to be accomplished in Phase 2 of this Project and Phase 2 of the Forest Health Program, Lake County Fire Resilience Project.

Budget: $3M
April 2020-March 2024

Completed Fuel Reduction Projects
  • 150 acres of fuel break maintenance along the Mt. Konocti Interface,
  • Construction of the Scotts Valley Fuel Break, west of the City of Lakeport,
  • Construction of the Davis Fuel Break; east of the City of Clearlake
  • Four years of funding for the South Lake Fire Safe Councilchipping program.
Workforce Development
This project provides funding for the Tribal Ecological Restoration Alliance (TERA).
Planning Future Projects
CLERC is completing a Regional Prioritization Plan for Lake County in an effort to streamline future community-wide landscape scale projects.
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Konocti Interface project fuelbreaks

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US Forest Service (USFS)
US Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians
Robinson Rancheria Pomo Indians of California
South Lake Fire Safe Council
CAL FIRE
Lake County Resource Conservation District (RCD)
Lake County Community Risk Reduction Authority (RRA)
Dogwood Springs Forestry

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  • About Us
    • Who We Are >
      • About CLERC
      • BOARD OF DIRECTORS
      • STAFF
      • Collaborators
    • What We Do >
      • Fire & Forestry >
        • Community Projects >
          • Hazardous Fuel Reduction Project - Phase 1
          • Wildfire Resilience Project - Phase 1
          • Northshore Fuels Team
          • South Lake Chipping Program
          • Fox Drive Fire Prevention Project
          • Middletown and Cobb Evacuation Route Clearing
          • Bottle Rock Rd Project
        • Cost-Share Programs >
          • North Bay Forest Improvement Program (NBFIP)
          • Building Fire Resiliency in California's Coast Range Forests and Grasslands
      • Hitch Observation Program
  • The CLERC Lab
  • Resources
    • Current Conditions
    • Lab Forms
    • Report Hitch Sighting
    • Lake County TREX
    • Wildfire Resiliency Resources
    • The CLERC Library
  • Connect
    • CLERC News
    • Work With Us
    • Contact Us >
      • Landowner Contact Form
    • Donate