SCH Number 2026030287

Project Info

Title

Manton WUI Protection Project (SNC1838)

Description

Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) would provide funding to the Resource Conservation District of Tehama County (RCDTC) to create strategic roadside fuel breaks to provide a 630-acre defendable perimeter around the Manton community. The project is located on county-owned and one private parcel and will mitigate the rural communities’ susceptibility to high-intensity wildfire and improve safety along ingress/egress routes. The project area has dense mixed conifer forest, heavy brush and ladder fuels, frequent summer drought, and steep terrain that accelerates fire spread and is classified as a “Very High Wildfire Risk” zone. Fuels-reduction efforts will be achieved through a mix of treatments. Hand-thinning and chipping on 310 acres across six strategic roadways will reduce ladder fuels and create canopy spacing to decrease risk of crown fire. Mastication of 120 acres on the south side of Hazen Road will establish a network of connected fuel breaks and create defendable lines up to 200’ in width that strategically protect the southern part of the wildland urban interface (WUI). Targeted herbicide spot or stump treatment across 200 acres of essential ingress/egress routes will aid in preventing resprouts and resurgent growth to leverage prior projects in the area and ensure their efficacy.

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