East Fork Scott River Forest Health Implementation Project - Phase 2
Project Overview
Basics
East Fork Scott River Forest Health Implementation Project - Phase 2
Technical Assistance - CAL FIRE Forest Health Pilot
Implementation
The Project will design forest health treatments on property owned by The Wildlands Conservancy. The 6,000 acre reserve is located in the East Fork Scott River watershed, a critically important salmonid spawning and rearing river. The treatment types include a shaded fuelbreak and ecological restoration, thinning drought impacted and overly dense conifer stands. Treatment activities include thinning, prescribed fire, pile burn, mechanical and hand treatment in a very high fire severity area by Cal Fire. Benefits will include enhanced forest health, decreased fire risk, increased carbon storage, and the creation of employment opportunities within our economically disadvantaged community.
2024
2024
1/3/2025
Project Attributes
General Information
Project Description Narrative (1,000 character limit)
The East Fork Scott River, a sub-watershed with high ecological significance, faces challenges with overly dense tree stands and heightened tree mortality due to prolonged drought impacts. The Wildlands Conservancy (TWC), owner of 6,094 acres, is seeking to execute comprehensive forest health and restoration efforts across its ownership. Preliminary assessments indicate that over 1,500 acres urgently require treatment. The requested technical assistance (TA) aims to craft a forest health implementation grant project for strategic and high priority portions of the ownership and plan for additional phases of future treatment. Project objectives include co-benefits such as employing local residents, fostering long-term carbon sequestration, enhancing ecological health, and improving water quality.
Solutions
Capacity - Technical Assistance, Ecosystem Conservation and Restoration - Conservation Planning, Fire Resilient Forests - Fuel Management
Spatial Information
Tribal Region
None
Project Size (Acres)
500
acres
Location
Point is on Noyes Creek, Tributary to the E Scott River.
Organizations
| Contract Manager | |
| Funder | |
| Project Sponsor | |
| Local and/or Political Support | KNF, The Wildlands Conservancy, CAL FIRE |
Contacts
| Contact | |
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| Additional Representative |
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| 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 |
| Grant applications submitted - # of proposals | 1 | |
| Grant applications submitted - dollar amount applied for | $970,119.00 | |
| Jobs created or retained (FTE) | 0.1 | |
| Technical Assistance - Type(s) of TA | Type of Technical Assistance: Grant applications | 1 |
Reported Project Benefit Performance Measures
| Capacity Enhancement - # of projects | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Units | |
| 1 | count | |
| Total | 1 | count |
| Capacity Enhancement - Type(s) of CE | ||
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| Type | 2024 | Units |
| Technical Assistance | 1 | number |
| Total | 1 | number |
| Grant applications submitted - # of proposals | ||
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| 2024 | Units | |
| 1 | number | |
| Total | 1 | number |
| Grants received - dollar amount awarded | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Units | |
| $970,119 | ||
| Total | $970,119 | |
| Jobs created or retained (FTE) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Units | |
| 1 | number | |
| Total | 1 | number |
| Technical Assistance - Type(s) of TA | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type of Technical Assistance | 2024 | Units |
| Grant applications | 1 | number |
| Total | 1 | number |
Financials
Budget
| Comment: | None provided |
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Reported Expenditures
No Expenditures have been reported for this Project.
| Note: | no expenditures to date |
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Project Types
Project Types
TA provides support for Cal Fire Forest Health grant development
The local forestry and stewardship economy and workforce will benefit from this project.
Forest Health improvement in a drought impacted and strategic forested watershed. Biomass chips will be transported to a biomass facility if the markets allow.
Shades fuel break priority is forest health, but significant co-benefits include modifying wildfire behavior for protection of nearby communities such as Callahan, CA.
The project will thin dense conifer stands resulting in potential for increased stream baseflows. Additionally, encroachment of conifers onto adjacent meadows and oak woodlands due to fire exclusion has compromised those habitat types.
Forest health treatments will create more resilient forest stands protecting existing carbon stocks from potential high intensity wildfire.
Project Details
Attachments
Project TA application
- Uploaded On
- 6/1/2024
- File Type
- Word (DOCX)
- Description
SRWC_CALFIRE_TECH FORM
- Uploaded On
- 6/4/2024
- File Type
- Word (DOCX)
- Description
- Authorization form for SRWC to submit for technical assistance to NRCP's Forest Health
Scott River Watershed Council Statement of Qualifications
- Uploaded On
- 6/1/2024
- File Type
- Word (DOCX)
- Description
TA application Cover letter
- Uploaded On
- 6/1/2024
- File Type
- Word (DOCX)
- Description
SRWC Statement of Qualification
- Uploaded On
- 6/4/2024
- File Type
- Word (DOCX)
- Description
- SRWC Statement of Qualifications. The Authorization form would not allow this be be added so attaching here.
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Notes
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