Moonlight Fire Area Restoration Project
This Project has an Update in progress.
Project Overview
Basics
Implementation
After devastating fires such as Moonlight, Walker, and Dixie, burned areas tend to repopulate with shrubs such as Ceanothus (deerbrush, snowbrush, mahala mat) and Arctostaphylos (various manzanitas). The goal of our reforestation project is to establish a cohort of conifer species that would otherwise be unable to regenerate in a burned landscape without mature adult seed trees.
While reforestation is the main focus of the Moonlight Area Restoration, Feather River RCD engages in other types of restoration work in these areas including an aspen restoration project, blister rust-resistant Sugar Pine cone collection, and experimental ungulate grazing.
While reforestation is the main focus of the Moonlight Area Restoration, Feather River RCD engages in other types of restoration work in these areas including an aspen restoration project, blister rust-resistant Sugar Pine cone collection, and experimental ungulate grazing.
2018
2019
2027
6/12/2023
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
Project occurs in the burn scar of the Moonlight Fire, spanning from Moonlight Ridge in the West to Antelope Lake in the East. Project location is approximately 5 to 15 miles north and east of Taylorsville, and ranges from 2,560 to 7,800 feet in elevation. It is northwest of Antelope Lake Recreation Area. Other notable features within the Project area include: Taylor Lake, Diamond Mountain, Wilcox Valley.
Organizations
| Funder | |
| Lead Implementer | |
| Partners | |
| Primary RCD | |
| State Assembly Voting District | |
| State Senate Voting District |
Contacts
Performance Measures
Expected Performance Measures
| Habitat Restoration/Creation | Action Taken: Enhanced Habitat Type: Other sensitive habitat | 171 acres |
| Plants Installed | 780,026 | |
| Reforestation | Property Ownership: Federal | 3,859 acres |
Reported Performance Measures
| Habitat Restoration/Creation | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action Taken | Habitat Type | Total | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Units |
| Enhanced | Other sensitive habitat | 35.68 | N/A | 19.87 | 5.15 | 10.66 | N/A | acres |
| Total | 35.68 | 0 | 19.87 | 5.15 | 10.66 | 0 | acres | |
| Plants Installed | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Units | |
| 773,906 | 150,530 | 181,083 | 177,575 | 103,590 | 161,128 | number | |
| Total | 773,906 | 150,530 | 181,083 | 177,575 | 103,590 | 161,128 | number |
| Reforestation | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Property Ownership | Total | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Units |
| Federal | 4,031 | 695 | 1,074 | 903 | 542 | 817 | acres |
| Total | 4,031 | 695 | 1,074 | 903 | 542 | 817 | acres |
Financials
Budget
| Comment: | None provided |
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Reported Expenditures
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good Neighbor Agreement (SNC) | $100,000.00 | $250,115.77 | $1,209,835.28 | $2,080,934.75 | $1,352,921.20 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $4,993,807.00 |
| Grand Total | $100,000.00 | $250,115.77 | $1,209,835.28 | $2,080,934.75 | $1,352,921.20 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $4,993,807.00 |
| Note: | None provided |
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Project Themes
Project Themes
Reforestation of burned areas will result in increased biological carbon sequestration.
Planting trees to help landscape recover from high intensity wildfire.
Planted trees will mitigate erosion and restore watershed function post wildfire.
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