Blue Lake Rancheria- Good Fire Healing Coalition Angel Ranch

The Good Fire Healing Coalition project, managed by the Humboldt County Resource Conservation District, focuses on implementing eco-cultural burns and restoration activities on 140 acres of Blue Lake Rancheria fee-title land known as Angel Ranch in Blue Lake, California. The primary objective is to restore traditional fire management regimes to pyrodependent ecosystems to enhance forest health, increase wildfire resilience, and minimize conifer encroachment within historic prairies. These efforts aim to provide ecological benefits to forest and prairie ecosystems within the ancestral footprint of the Blue Lake Rancheria. Project activities include manual and mechanical forest thinning using small equipment, invasive species management, fuels reduction, and the implementation of both prescribed and cultural fires. Additional restoration work involves livestock management, the installation of exclusion fencing, and the planting and seeding of native species. The project is classified under NAICS code 115310 and is designated as a categorical exemption under CEQA Guidelines Section 15304 Class 4, as the activities consist of minor vegetation alterations with minimal to no ground disturbance and no significant adverse effects. Jill Demers serves as the primary point of contact and Executive Director for the lead agency.