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Yreka Ridge Fuel Break

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This Project has an Update in progress.
Proposal
Planning/Design
Implementation
Post-Implementation
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Contents

Project Overview

Basics

Forest Management
Wildfire Mitigation
Yreka Ridge Fuel Break

Planning/Design
This strategic ridge fuel break will help protect the towns of Yreka and Hawkinsville from wildfires by reducing fire behavior and aiding fire suppression efforts. The project will reduce hazardous fuels on over 200 acres of private property between Humbug Road and Long Gulch Road north of Yreka.

2021
2022
2024
1/29/2024

Project Attributes

Census Tract Income
None
Direct Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities (DACs)
None
EnviroScreen
None
Free and Reduced Lunch
None
Indirect Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities (DACs)
None
Tribal Engagement (True/False)
None
Tribal Engagement
None

Location

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  • Yreka Creek (180102070502)

Organizations

Funder
  • California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Lead Implementer
  • Shasta Valley Resource Conservation District
Primary RCD
  • Shasta Valley Resource Conservation District
State Assembly Voting District
  • State Assembly District 01
State Senate Voting District
  • State Senate District 01
Other Partners Yreka Area Fire Safe Council

Contacts

Delphine Griffith - Shasta Valley Resource Conservation District (Shasta Valley RCD) (dgriffith@svrcd.org)

Performance Measures

Expected Performance Measures

Fuels Reduction None Not Provided
Fuels Reduction CAL FIRE UNIT: Siskiyou Project Objective: Shaded Fuelbreak Property Ownership: Private Treatment Type: Brush Removal 228 acres

Reported Performance Measures

Reported Performance Measures are not relevant for Projects in the Planning/Design stage.

Financials

Budget

$581,034.00
$581,034.00
$0.00
$0.00
Total
Fire Prevention (Cal Fire) $581,034.00 $0.00 $581,034.00
Total $581,034.00 $0.00 $581,034.00
Comment: None provided

Reported Expenditures

2021 2022 2023 2024 Total
Fire Prevention (Cal Fire) $0.00 $6,848.00 $0.00 $0.00 $6,848.00
Grand Total $0.00 $6,848.00 $0.00 $0.00 $6,848.00

Note: None provided

Project Themes

Project Themes

This project increases carbon sequestration and forest health and reduces GHG emissions through fuel reduction and wildfire resiliency.
This project increases wildfire and climate resiliency through fuel reduction on the ridge.

Project Details

Attachments

Yreka Ridge Fuel Break Flyer
Uploaded On
9/5/2022
File Type
PDF
Description

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Notes

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External Links

  • SVRCD Yreka Ridge Fuel Break

Photos

Photos

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    Pre mastication manzanita view of Mount Shasta
(Timing: Before) (~561 KB)
Credit: Delphine Griffith

    Pre mastication manzanita view of Mount Shasta
    (Timing: Before) (~561 KB)
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    Pre mastication view of the ridge
(Timing: Before) (~684 KB)
Credit: Delphine Griffith

    Pre mastication view of the ridge
    (Timing: Before) (~684 KB)

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