NW Calaveras Fuel Reduction Project

NW Calaveras Fuel Reduction Project

The NW Calaveras Fuel Reduction Project will occur on private lands within the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) communities of Rancho Calaveras, Quail Oaks Road, and surrounding neighborhoods. The Project area is oriented north and west of the Valley Springs subdivision Rancho Calaveras and south of California Highway 12 and is situated diagonally SW to NE toward the intersection of State Highways 12 and 26. The Project area is comprised of 357 private parcels totaling approximately 3,080 acres. CCRCD has obligated grant funding through CAL FIRE (Grant Agreement 5GA22228) to treat approximately 470 acres mechanically and by hand, anticipated for fall 2025 implementation. At the time of publication of this document, ROE was obtained from 146 parcels, with approximately 391 acres identified for a combination of mechanical and hand treatments (anticipated in fall 2025). Treatments will reduce heavy vegetative fuels, increase tree canopy spacing, and cut dead trees which present a hazard to infrastructure. Proposed treatment methods include the following: mastication, hand cutting and piling, hand cutting and lopping/scattering, hand cutting and chipping (broadcast or chip/haul), prescribed fire (broadcast or pile burning), and prescribed herbivore grazing.

unincorporated areas of Valley Springs and Rancho Calaveras

Calaveras

Northern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California San Joaquin River Conservancy (SJRC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Office of Historic Preservation, Sierra Nevada Conservancy, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW)

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW)

Other (Not a development project; Wildfire Hazard Mitigation)

Vegetation Management

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Septic System, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Archeological/Historical; Forest Land/Fire Hazard; Toxic/Hazardous; Water Supply/Groundwater