SCH Number 2023030175

Project Info

Title

Reducing Wildfire Risks on Inyo Craters Landscape (SNC1571)

Description

The Sierra Nevada Conservancy would provide funding for the California Deer Association to partner with Inyo National Forest (INF) to treat approximately 385 acres of Mammoth Ranger District INF lands to remove hazardous fuels to improve forest health, reduce the spread of bark beetle and the risk of catastrophic wildfire, and remove hazard trees to improve visitor safety and access. Treatments in Inyo Craters will focus on dead trees within 100 feet of roads, surrounding trailheads, and campsites. Methods will consist of hand and mechanical removal, decking, and piling of dead trees, many of which will be made available for public fuelwood cutting. Inyo Craters has been impacted by bark beetle in recent years, resulting in very high mortality rates of lodgepole and Jeffrey pine throughout the project area. This has created a buildup of hazardous fuels and a major threat to public safety from hazard trees in a popular recreation area.

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