Coloma-Lotus Fuel Reduction for Critical Roads
Project Overview
Basics
Implementation
This Hazardous Fuel Reduction Project will create over 176 acres of shaded fuel break along critical access roads in the wildfire-threatened communities of Coloma and Lotus, in El Dorado County. This popular historic and recreational area, with an estimated 2,000 residents, hosts over 400,000 annual visitors who flock to the river valley. More than 820 habitable structures, numerous accessory structures and numerous campgrounds, RV parks and public facilities -- including two schools -- lie within the approximately 13,000 acre Coloma-Lotus Fire Safe Council (CLFSC) area and depend upon the selected roads for ingress-egress.
2022
2023
2026
8/29/2024
Project Attributes
Census Tract Income
True
Direct Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities (DACs)
None
EnviroScreen
CalEnviroScreen 4.0 Results = >30 - 40 and >20 - 30
Free and Reduced Lunch
False
Indirect Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities (DACs)
None
Tribal Engagement (True/False)
None
Tribal Engagement
None
Location
Organizations
| Funder | |
| Lead Implementer | |
| Partners | |
| Primary RCD | |
| Other Partners | Coloma Lotus Fire Safe Council |
Contacts
Amy Longwill - El Dorado & Georgetown Divide RCDs (EDRCD & GDRCD) (amy.longwill@usda.gov)
Performance Measures
Expected Performance Measures
| Fuels Reduction | CAL FIRE UNIT: Amador-El Dorado Project Objective: Defensible Space Property Ownership: Private Treatment Type: Hand Thinning | 175 acres |
Reported Performance Measures
| Fuels Reduction | |||||||
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| CAL FIRE UNIT | Project Objective | Property Ownership | Treatment Type | Total | 2024 | 2023 | Units |
| Amador-El Dorado | Defensible Space | Private | Hand Thinning | 61.3 | 61.3 | 0 | acres |
| Total | 61.3 | 61.3 | 0 | acres | |||
Financials
Budget
| Comment: | None provided |
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Reported Expenditures
No Expenditures have been reported for this Project.
| Note: | Please contact our office for additional information. |
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Project Themes
Project Themes
The proposed hazardous fuel reduction work will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by chipping, rather than burning, vegetation removed from along roadways. Furthermore, by preventing the spread of wildfires, this effort will avoid or minimize the release of greenhouse gases during catastrophic wildfire events.
This Hazardous Fuel Reduction Project will create over 176 acres of shaded fuel break along critical access roads in the wildfire-threatened communities of Coloma and Lotus, in El Dorado County. This popular historic and recreational area, with an estimated 2,000 residents, hosts over 400,000 annual visitors who flock to the river valley. More than 820 habitable structures, numerous accessory structures and numerous
campgrounds, RV parks and public facilities lie within the approximately 13,000 acre Fire Safe Council area and depend upon the selected roads for ingress-egress.
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