BLM Hazard Tree Removal for Upper Ridge Nature Preserve
Project Overview
Basics
Completed
The preserve suffered high-severity fire damage during the 2018 Camp Fire, which resulted in a large amount of standing dead ponderosa pine and black oak. In the years that followed, beetle kill increased the number of standing dead trees and a understory brush component comprised mostly of chemise
regenerated. This created an unhealthy forest landscape and also threatened the safety of neighboring landowners, pedestrians, and recreational users. The purpose of the URNP project was to mitigate, remove, and pile any hazard trees that threatened roads, trails, private property, transmission lines, and other infrastructure.
regenerated. This created an unhealthy forest landscape and also threatened the safety of neighboring landowners, pedestrians, and recreational users. The purpose of the URNP project was to mitigate, remove, and pile any hazard trees that threatened roads, trails, private property, transmission lines, and other infrastructure.
2021
2021
2021
12/12/2023
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
Organizations
| Lead Implementer | |
| Primary RCD |
Contacts
Faith Churchill - Butte County Resource Conservation District (BCRCD) (faith@bcrcd.org)
Performance Measures
Expected Performance Measures
| Fuels Reduction | CAL FIRE UNIT: Butte Project Objective: Forest Resiliency Property Ownership: Federal Treatment Type: Hazardous Tree Removal | 120 acres |
Reported Performance Measures
| Fuels Reduction | |||||
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| CAL FIRE UNIT | Project Objective | Property Ownership | Treatment Type | 2021 | Units |
| Butte | Forest Resiliency | Federal | Hazardous Tree Removal | 120 | acres |
| Total | 120 | acres | |||
Financials
Budget
| Comment: | None provided |
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Reported Expenditures
No Expenditures have been reported for this Project.
| Note: | Funding was awarded to the Butte County Fire Safe Council and the RCD was contracted to oversee implementation. |
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