Horseshoe Ranch Wildlife Area Fuel Reduction Project

The Horseshoe Ranch Wildlife Area Fuel Reduction Project is a fire resiliency initiative managed by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, specifically through the Region 1 Northern Region in Redding and Eureka. The primary objective of the project is to reduce the potential for detrimental wildfire impacts through a variety of fuel reduction treatments. These activities include prescriptive or cultural fire, hand treatments, mastication, chipping, pile burning, and prescriptive grazing. To support these efforts, the project involves creating control lines and performing maintenance grading on existing roadways to ensure safe ingress and egress during operations. Long-term maintenance will be sustained through continued hand treatments, prescriptive herbivory, and further prescriptive or cultural fire. This project is currently listed as a forecast with a posted date of July 10, 2026, and is categorized under NAICS code 115310. The place of performance is located in California within the 96044 zip code area. From a regulatory standpoint, the project has been filed with a Notice of Exemption under the California Environmental Quality Act, citing categorical exemptions under sections 15301, 15304, and 15308. Teresa Spade, an Environmental Scientist, serves as the primary point of contact for the project.