Mail Ridge Project, Prescribed Fire TA
Project Overview
Basics
Mail Ridge Project, Prescribed Fire TA
- Conserve, Enhance and Restore Watersheds and Ecosystems that Support Biological Diversity
- Engage with Regional Partners to Inform High Quality Planning and Implementation
- Ensure that Disadvantaged and Underrepresented Communities Benefit from Initiatives
- Protect and Enhance Forest Based Carbon
- Respect Local Autonomy and Local Knowledge in NCRP Planning and Implementation
NCRP RFFC Technical Assistance (DOC)
Completed
This project will advance project planning of a ridge line fuel break and associated forest health treatments along Mail Ridge in southern Humboldt County. Conceptualized by the Southern Humboldt Fire Safe Council, the project at the heart of this request for technical assistance will improve forest health, mitigate wildfire risk, ensure that the forests of southern Humboldt County continue to sequester carbon into the future, protect communities, and help the state meet its emissions reduction and climate change adaptation goals. This technical assistance request will help position the project for a future CAL FIRE Forest Health Grant Program application.
2023
2023
2024
3/19/2024
Project Attributes
General Information
Project Description Narrative (1,000 character limit)
Mail Ridge is in high and very high fire severity zones as designated by CalFire; and it is flagged as highest priority by the Southern Humboldt Fire Safe Council. It runs from Founders Grove near Weott, south to Alderpoint Rd near Garberville; and from Alderpoint Rd to Bell Springs Rd, connecting to HWY 101 in Leggett. Trees Foundation requests technical assistance to:
1. ID and map potential prescribed burn units, including holding lines and unit breaks, and prioritize them for implementation.
2. Collaborate with landowners and fire agencies to identify burn elements specific to each burn unit or property to facilitate creation of burn plans.
Trees Foundation requests that NCRP assign Kai Ostrow, Elk Ridge Forestry, as part of the NCRP Technical Assistance team given his familiarity with the project, the SHFSC, and knowledge of Mail Ridge’s landowners and landscapes. The scope of this request is intentionally narrow due to the large project area encompassing 100+ landowners.
Solutions
Capacity - Data and Planning, Capacity - Technical Assistance, Climate Action - Adaptation, Community Health and Safety - Fuel Breaks, Fire Resilient Forests - Fuel Management
Spatial Information
Tribal Region
None
Project Size (Acres)
1984
acres
Location
Our project is located primarily within Wailaki ancestral homelands, and many Wailaki survivors were relocated to the Round Valley Indian Tribes reservation in Covelo, CA. This project will support Wailaki reviving traditional fire practices on their ancestral homelands and we are partnering with two Wailaki-led non-profits to achieve this shared goal.
Organizations
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| Funder | |
| Partners | |
| Project Sponsor | |
| Local and/or Political Support | CAL FIRE HUU, Southern Humboldt FSC, Southern Humboldt Forest Health Collaborative, Humboldt County FSC, volunteer fire departments |
Contacts
| Contact | |
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| Additional Representative | |
| Authorized Contact |
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Project Benefit Performance Measures
Expected Project Benefit Performance Measures
| Capacity Enhancement - # of projects | 1 count | |
| Capacity Enhancement - Type(s) of CE | Type: Technical Assistance | 1 |
| Environmental justice and social equity - # of projects | Activity focus: Capacity building | 1 count |
| Grant applications submitted - # of proposals | 2 | |
| Jobs created or retained (FTE) | 0.1 | |
| Technical Assistance - Type(s) of TA | Type of Technical Assistance: Grant applications | 1 |
| Technical Assistance - Type(s) of TA | Type of Technical Assistance: GIS/mapping | 1 |
Reported Project Benefit Performance Measures
| Capacity Enhancement - # of projects | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2024 | 2023 | Units | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | count | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | count |
| Capacity Enhancement - Type(s) of CE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Total | 2024 | 2023 | Units |
| Technical Assistance | 1 | 0 | 1 | number |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | number |
| Environmental justice and social equity - # of projects | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Activity focus | Total | 2024 | 2023 | Units |
| Capacity building | 1 | 0 | 1 | count |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | count |
| Grant applications submitted - # of proposals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2024 | 2023 | Units | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | number | |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | number |
| Jobs created or retained (FTE) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2024 | 2023 | Units | |
| 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | number | |
| Total | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | number |
| Technical Assistance - Type(s) of TA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of Technical Assistance | Total | 2024 | 2023 | Units |
| GIS/mapping | 1 | 0 | 1 | number |
| Grant applications | 1 | 1 | 0 | number |
| Total | 2 | 1 | 1 | number |
Financials
Budget
| Comment: | None provided |
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Reported Expenditures
| 2023 | 2024 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCRP Technical Assistance (CA Dept of Conservation) | $15,000.00 | $0.00 | $15,000.00 |
| Grand Total | $15,000.00 | $0.00 | $15,000.00 |
| Note: | None provided |
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Project Types
Project Types
This project will support mapping of fuel break locations.
Technical assistance from an RPF will provide capacity lacking in the sponsoring organization.
This project will support the essential planning and landowner outreach required to develop comprehensive prescribed burn projects that will lead to improved forest health and fire risk mitigation.
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- 2/2/2023
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