Monterey Pine Forest Health and Fire Prevention Planning
Project Overview
Basics
Implementation
The deliverables associated with this project include permitting and implementing at CalVTP project in Cambria, Ca. Furthermore the deliverables include the development of five Forest Management Plans in the rare Monterey Pine habitat type. However, after a modification the funds have shifted towards developing a regional Project Specific Analysis (PSA) that covers the entirety of the coastal zone (88,000 acres) in the USLTRCD jurisdiction. 150 acres of forested area will be treated post coastal PSA approval and before March 2026.
2022
2024
2026
12/30/2024
Project Attributes
Census Tract Income
False
Direct Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities (DACs)
This Project does not have direct benefits to disadvantaged communities.
EnviroScreen
None
Free and Reduced Lunch
False
Indirect Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities (DACs)
There are no indirect benefits to disadvantaged communities associated with this project.
Tribal Engagement (True/False)
True
Tribal Engagement
None
Location
Organizations
| Lead Implementer | |
| Partners | |
| Primary RCD | |
| State Senate Voting District | |
| Other Partners | UC Natural Reserve System |
Contacts
Performance Measures
Expected Performance Measures
| Fuels Reduction | CAL FIRE UNIT: San Luis Obispo Project Objective: Forest Resiliency Property Ownership: Federal Treatment Type: Pile and Burn | 43 acres |
| Fuels Reduction | CAL FIRE UNIT: San Luis Obispo Project Objective: Forest Resiliency Property Ownership: State Treatment Type: Mechanical Thinning | 150 acres |
| Planning Document | Plan Type: Other | 2 |
Reported Performance Measures
| Fuels Reduction | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAL FIRE UNIT | Project Objective | Property Ownership | Treatment Type | 2024 | Units |
| San Luis Obispo | Forest Resiliency | Federal | Pile and Burn | 44 | acres |
| Total | 44 | acres | |||
| Planning Document | ||
|---|---|---|
| Plan Type | 2024 | Units |
| Other | 2 | number |
| Total | 2 | number |
Financials
Budget
| Comment: | None provided |
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Reported Expenditures
No Expenditures have been reported for this Project.
| Note: | Expenditures in 2022- $5,229.73 planning 2023- $114,135.07 planning and permitting 2024- $888,968.50 Planning and implementing CalVTP Project |
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Project Themes
Project Themes
Selective thinning of smaller diameter trees promote the growth of legacy trees that have a high rates of carbon storage. Furthermore, burning piles in a controlled environment at low intensities releases less carbon into the atmosphere compared to high intensity wildfire.
This project has had multiple field days and workshops to educate the public and project partners.
Active management of rare forested habitat types increase the ecological health of the system and support biodiversity.
This project reduces fuel loads to promote forest health and fire resiliency.
The Monterey Pine forest is located in various watersheds in the region. Active management of ecological health of the forest will bolster the functionality of the watersheds they occur in.
Project Details
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Notes
| 12/09/2024 1:28 PM | Spencer Gordon | There are plenty more before and after photos, however they are not in jpeg format. More pictures are available upon request. |
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