Community Wildfire Mitigation Program (CWMP) Home Hardening Project

The Community Wildfire Mitigation Program (CWMP) Home Hardening Project is a forecast initiative led by Tuolumne County in California to enhance wildfire resilience within the Ponderosa Hills/Mira Monte Subdivision. The project focuses on reducing wildfire risk and improving community preparedness through outreach, home-hardening activities, and defensible-space evaluations on private lands. Specific operational tasks include hand thinning, chipping, and the removal of brush, hazardous vegetation, and small-diameter understory trees within 200 feet of legal structures located in high or very high wildfire hazard zones. All activities must be executed in accordance with Public Resources Code Section 4291. The project is classified under NAICS code 561730 and is statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Public Resources Code Section 21080.49(c) due to its focus on residential home hardening and risk reduction. Administrative oversight is managed by the County of Tuolumne, with David Salzer serving as the primary point of contact. The project is located in California zip code 95379, and official documentation includes a Notice of Exemption filed with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.