Butte County East Oroville Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project (BCFSC Program), PROJ26-0027

The scope of the project is to implement vegetation management projects in the East Oroville area to reduce the risk of wildfire and benefit forest health and implement planting native vegetation in areas affected by wildfire. East Oroville is a Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) community where strategic management and control of wildland vegetation is essential to the safety, and health of the community of Oroville and Kelly Ridge. Vegetation management treatments include hand cutting and lop and scatter or pile burning; hand cutting and chipping; mechanical mastication; prescribed fire or cultural burning; goat grazing, herbicide treatment and replanting native vegetation. The purpose of the proposed project is to protect the community and infrastructure of Oroville, Oroville Dam, Lake Oroville Recreation Area, and associated public and private roads. Project activities will be utilized to protect water resources, improve overall forest health and facilitate the safe and effective implementation of prescribed fire or cultural burning at a landscape scale. The Butte County Fire Safe Council process within the project area offers a rational approach, operation consistency, expertise and measure of effectiveness that would not otherwise be initiated or achieved by the work of individual property owners. Vegetation management work areas within the project area are dependent upon funding availability and timing; and, property owner participation.