Kennedy Meadows Roadside Fuels Reduction Project

The Project will reduce hazardous roadside vegetation along approximately 3 miles of Sherman Pass Road to improve life safety, roadside safety, ingress and egress for evacuation, and reduce the intensity and spread of wildland fire into the wildland-urban interface. Tulare County Fire Department Type II IA crews will physically remove and/or chip vegetation along the roadway right-of-way and adjacent properties. All work will be within the County Right-of-way and will extend no further than 80 feet from centerline of roadway, creating a 160-foot wide (including the road) reduction of fuel, where access is authorized. Sherman Pass Road is County maintained, is located within the State Responsibility Area, and portions of the project corridor extend through the Sequoia National Forest. The roadway is in a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone and serves as the primary ingress and egress route for approximately 200 habitable residential structures. The Project also includes public outreach intended to improve community wildfire safety and readiness.