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Guys Gulch Fuel Reduction Project

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The Guys Gulch Fuel Reduction Project will implement vegetation management activities across 154 acres near Guys Gulch Road in Siskiyou County, California, within a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone. The goal is to reduce hazardous fuel loads and ladder fuels to enhance wildfire resilience, improve firefighter access, and ensure safer ingress and egress for emergency response and evacuation along the road. Treatments will be conducted by hand crews using manual cutting, thinning, pruning, and piling to remove dense shrubs such as buckbrush, manzanita, and mountain mahogany, along with trees up to 12 inches in diameter and any dead, dying, or diseased trees, aiming for up to 30 feet of spacing between remaining trees. The cleared vegetation will be either piled and burned or chipped, with chipping permitted along roads and permitted off-road trails using tracked equipment only on slopes under 50 percent. Manual control lines will be established, and prescribed broadcast burns will follow initial treatments to further reduce fuel accumulation. Activities are designed to be repeated annually to sustain the desired vegetation structure and prevent the re-accumulation of hazardous fuels in previously treated areas.

General Info

154 acres treated near Guys Gulch Road to reduce fuel loads and enhance wildfire resilience through manual thinning and annual burns.

Agency

California Forestry and Fire Protection, Department of

NAICS

115310 - Support Activities for ForestryView NAICS

Place of Performance

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Notice of Exemption - Guys Gulch Fuel Reduction Project

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PostedJun 1

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Organization & Contact Information

AgencyCalifornia Forestry and Fire Protection, Department of

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California Forestry and Fire Protection, Department of

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Contacts

Kristine ClowardEnvironmental Scientist

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Full Description

The project includes fuel reduction activities on 154 acres adjacent to Guys Gulch Road southwest of Grenada in Siskiyou County, California. The purpose of the project is to reduce hazardous fuel loading and ladder fuels to improve wildfire resilience and support firefighter access and operational effectiveness within a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone. The project will also improve ingress and egress along Guys Gulch Road for evacuation and emergency response for properties accessed by the road, and will treat previously treated areas to prevent re-accumulation of hazardous fuels. Treatment activities will be conducted by hand crews and will include manual cutting, thinning, pruning and piling of brush, small diameter trees, and dead, dying, or diseased trees. Vegetation to be removed consists primarily of dense buckbrush (Ceanothus cuneatus), manzanita (Arctostaphylos viscida and Arctostaphylos patula), and mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus betuloides). Trees up to 12 diameter at breast height (dbh) and dead, dying or diseased trees of any diameter will also be removed to provide up to 30-foot spacing between trees. Material generated by treatment activities will be piled and burned or chipped. Chipping may take place along existing roads and off-road trails within the project area. A tracked chipper may be used to access areas off trail, but only on slopes less than 50 percent. Manual control line construction will also be conducted and prescribed broadcast burns will be implemented following initial treatments. Project activities may take place annually to maintain the desired vegetation conditions.