The purpose of the proposed project is to treat ridgeline on the Yurok Tribal Lands; Blue Creek Salmon Sanctuary. Previous management for the sole purpose of marketable timber has resulted in a forest that is over loaded with fuel and even aged stands of timber. Project goals include implementing the 136 acre ridgeline restoration in order to improve forest health and to provide fire protection to the community of Klamath, CA and the Blue Creek Salmon Sanctuary, provide roughly 15 job opportunities with capacity building (feller training, etc.), promote cultural resources and traditional gathering sites, utilize hardwood biomass for Yurok Elder Firewood program, promote wildlife habitat, protect the Blue Creek Salmon Sanctuary from catastrophic wildfire, increase carbon storage by enabling trees to grow larger and prep the land for the return of cultural burns as a traditional land management tool.

Capacity - Technical Assistance, Capacity - Tribal Capacity, Capacity - Workforce Development, Capacity - Year-round Local Capacity, Climate Action - Adaptation, Climate Action - Carbon Sequestration and Storage, Climate Action - Emissions Reduction, Community Health and Safety - Fuel Breaks, Ecosystem Conservation and Restoration - Community Forests, Ecosystem Conservation and Restoration - Conservation Planning, Ecosystem Conservation and Restoration - Land Acquisition & Protection, Ecosystem Conservation and Restoration - Tribal Ecocultural Restoration, Ecosystem Conservation and Restoration - Water, Fire Resilient Forests - Beneficial Fire Capacity, Fire Resilient Forests - Forest Biomass Residuals, Fire Resilient Forests - Fuel Management, Fire Resilient Forests - Tribal Cultural Fire

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231 acres