Bureau of Land Management, Arcata Field Office, “Larabee Valley Forest Health & Resiliency Project” - Tree Planting

CAL FIRE will provide funding to the Bureau of Land Management’s Arcata Field Office to support ecological restoration on up to 885 acres of BLM-managed lands south of Larabee Valley, following ground-disturbing activities and biomass removal under the 2023 Butte Creek and Larabee Buttes Hazardous Fuels Reduction and Fire Resiliency project. The work will focus on manual restoration treatments including seeding, planting tree seedlings and plugs, and ongoing post-planting maintenance such as browse protection, mulching, and shading to ensure survival and growth of vegetation. Species selection will be site-specific with an emphasis on promoting minor plant species and underrepresented ecosystem types while accounting for ongoing climatic changes affecting regional species distributions. The goal is to enhance habitat recovery, improve ecosystem resilience, and establish desirable native vegetation to counteract disturbances and reduce future fire risk. Funding is authorized through a forecasted contract with a posted date of July 2, 2026, and primary coordination will be managed by CAL FIRE’s Shannon Johnson and BLM’s Marissa Vossmer.