West Mount Shasta Forest Resiliency Project

West Mount Shasta Forest Resiliency Project

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention (CAL FIRE) is providing funding to help implement vegetation treatments on State Responsibility Area (SRA) lands west of the towns of Deetz and Azalea, in southern Siskiyou County, California. The Shasta Valley Resource Conservation District (SVRCD) has prepared a Project-Specific Analysis (PSA) and addendum for the project as a later activity covered by the California Vegetation Treatment Project (CalVTP) Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the West Mount Shasta Forest Resiliency Project, which entails implementation of vegetation treatments on up to 12,966 acres; CAL FIRE is providing funding to SVRCD to implement treatments on up to 1,022 acres. The proposed treatment types (WUI Fuel Reduction, Ecological Restoration) and treatment activities (i.e., manual and mechanical thinning, mastication, herbicide, and pile burning) are consistent with those evaluated in the CalVTP Program EIR and the writ of mandate issued by the Superior Court of San Diego County on November 14, 2025 in California Chaparral Institute and Endangered Habitats League v. Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, and pursuant to PRC § 4483, have been designed to avoid type conversion in areas where chaparral and/or coastal sage scrub plant communities may be present. Maintenance treatments would involve the same vegetation treatment types and activities used in the initial treatments. The purpose of these treatments is to promote forest and watershed health, reduce fuel load, and demonstrate efficacy of climate beneficial prescriptions.

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