The Karuk Tribal lands that burned in the 2020 Slater Fire are to be rehabilitated. These areas were left with a large quantity of standing and downed dead material. These heavy fuels would burn at high temperatures and the landscape would burn at high severity if it were to burn again in the near future. This poses a threat to the nearby tribal housing and the entire community of Happy Camp, CA. The work to be done includes felling remaining standing dead trees for community firewood use. The tribe will hand pile remaining small diameter fuels and treat noxious weeds with handpulling and tarping. The hardwood resprouts will be pruned to one or two stems. The Tribe will broadcast burn areas where standing dead trees were unable to be removed, and burn the piles. Native grasses and a small number of conifers will be planted to attain a forested condition. The Karuk tribe will be undertaking much of the manual work, and tribal members are assisting with surveys and the CEQA process.

Capacity - Technical Assistance, Capacity - Tribal Capacity, Climate Action - Adaptation, Ecosystem Conservation and Restoration - Post-fire Ecosystem Restoration, Ecosystem Conservation and Restoration - Tribal Ecocultural Restoration, Fire Resilient Forests - Tribal Cultural Fire

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