Forest Reciprocity Group – Forest and Mill Restoration for Fire Safe Housing Outcomes
Project Overview
Basics
Forest Reciprocity Group – Forest and Mill Restoration for Fire Safe Housing Outcomes
NCRP RFFC Demonstration Projects R2
Deferred/Unfunded
The intended purpose of this Project is to demonstrate how communities can benefit from reducing forest fuel loads by using harvested small poles to produce fire resistant homes, for local construction, and to manufacture kits to sell regionally. he Project addresses current fuel load issues with innovative solutions. Regionally, fuel loads are mostly comprised of
suppressed growth trees. Suppressed growth means high quality building materials. Combining this material with innovative home designs produces an economic development model of restoring forest health and community well-being. The Project sees this model as replicable in all
forested regions.
suppressed growth trees. Suppressed growth means high quality building materials. Combining this material with innovative home designs produces an economic development model of restoring forest health and community well-being. The Project sees this model as replicable in all
forested regions.
2020
2021
1/10/2025
Project Attributes
General Information
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The major components of the Project include revitalizing a defunct lumber mill by bringing electrical services to wood milling equipment, providing a secure workspace, utilizing small logs from a forest fuel reduction project, take building designs to shippable DIY-type kits, and collect data to replicate this model. The Project’s collaborators Salvage Lumber Warehouse, Polecraft Solutions, and Forest Reciprocity Group members will design, permit, and route electricity to numerous wood processing stations as well as repair and secure sections of the defunct mill. Small logs brought to the mill will be prepped for drying. The dry logs will be
processed to build out each building design for shipping. The Project continues local collaborative efforts dedicated to solving issues of wildfire, greenhouse gas emissions, and lack of affordable housing.
Solutions
Capacity - Demonstration Projects, Capacity - Year-round Local Capacity, Climate Action - Adaptation, Fire Resilient Forests - Forest Biomass Residuals, Fire Resilient Forests - Fuel Management
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Organizations
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| Local and/or Political Support | Polecraft Solutions, Salvage Lumber Warehouse, Earthcycles at Greenfield Ranch, Eel River Recovery Project, NothCal Wood Products, Roots Design Company |
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Project Types
Project Types
This project would enhance a mill in Calpella, increasing economic and production capacity of the area.
This project addresses fuel reduction needs and by products in an innovative way to address the regional housing crisis.
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