SCH Number 2026030296

Project Info

Title

Lily Gap Vegetative Maintenance, Unit One (SNC1819)

Description

Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) would provide funding to Calaveras County Office of Emergency Services (CCOES) to partner with the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to implement an approximately 161-acre fuels-reduction project near the communities of Bummerville and West Point to reduce fire hazards to nearby communities and improve forest-health conditions on BLM forestland. The CCOES will treat and maintain a shaded fuel break that the BLM initially installed in 2013 by removing ground and ladder fuels and thinning the overstory by approximately half. The original treatment in 2013 was carried out by the BLM and consisted of removal of all conifers smaller than eight inches and mastication of nearly all ladder and ground fuels. It has been nearly 12 years since the original treatment was completed and much of the ladder fuels have grown back. Additionally, there are populations of noxious weeds that have been identified within the project site, such as Spanish broom and oblong spurge. The project will consist of two phases, the first phase will consist of masticating ladder and ground fuels and all conifers smaller than 11 inches in diameter. Trees will be spaced approximately 25-35 feet apart. Some snags and downed logs will be retained on every acre for wildlife habitat. The second phase will consist of a targeted herbicide treatment to minimize regrowth from sprouting species and to control the noxious weed populations.

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