Pine Forest - Coachland Fuel Reduction Project

High-priority Community Wildfire Protection Plan Project (CWPP) funded by “Measure T” that will be implemented by The Truckee Fire Protection District (TFPD). The project includes implementation of forest fuels reduction activities in the form of manual and mechanical thinning, mastication, and tracked chipping on an approximately 85-acre footprint. The project area is located within and immediately adjacent to the Alder Hill, Pine Forest, and Spring Creek subdivisions, the Rue Ivy housing development and the Coachland/VC Mobile Home Park. It includes undeveloped parcels owned by several of the subdivision associations, as well as the local school district and the Truckee Donner Land Trust. Portions of privately-owned developed parcels are outside of defensible space zones. The project will improve defensible space for over 130 small private parcels that interface with the project area. The project is an integral part of the TFPD’s landscape fuel reduction strategy aimed at protecting the Truckee community and Wildland Urban Interface from future catastrophic wildfire events. This fuel reduction treatment is strategically located in order to moderate the movement of wildfire, provide safer egress for evacuating citizens, provide safer ingress for resources related to suppression activities, and ultimately facilitate in the protection of life and property for surrounding communities.