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Spy Rock/Eel River Watershed Forest Resiliency - Technical Assistance for Project Development
Objective
Conserve, Enhance and Restore Watersheds and Ecosystems that Support Biological Diversity
Projects Steward Organization Relationship To Project
Ethos Environmental
Project Sponsor
Ethos Environmental
Funders
CA Dept of Conservation
Other Organizations
North Coast Resource Partnership
NCRP Administrative Contact
Heidi Wordhouse (heidi@ethosenvironmental.org)
Project Stage
Completed
Duration
2023 - 2024
HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS, HABITATS AND SPECIES
Conserve, Enhance and Restore Watersheds and Ecosystems that Support Biological Diversity
The Spy Rock community sits on some of the steepest and most erodable soils in the world, surrounded by thousands of acres of over-stocked forests and underbrush. We intend to use Technical Assistance funding to further project planning on 1000+ private acres to remove ladder fuels then increase ground absorption, catchment of fines and slowing of erosion through calculated re-use of that ladder fuels woody biomass in drainage outlets and direct burial. This work is intended to slow the hydrologic cycle back down, allowing the earth to heal and improving climate resilience in this hard-to-reach watershed that delivers to the Mainstem Eel River.
Key Accomplishments
- Capacity Enhancement - # of projects: 1 count
- Capacity Enhancement - Type(s) of CE: 2
- Environmental justice and social equity - # of projects: 1 count
- Grant applications submitted - # of proposals: 4
- Grants received - dollar amount awarded: $1,269,024.00
- Jobs created or retained (FTE): 0
- Technical Assistance - Type(s) of TA: 7
Project Types
- Capacity: Data, Analysis, Monitoring
- Capacity: Regional and Local Planning
- Capacity: Organizational Support and Funding
- Capacity: Local Workforce
- Fire Resilient Forests: Forest Health
- Community Health and Safety: Fire Preparedness
- Community Health and Safety: Infrastructure Improvements
- Ecosystem Conservation and Restoration: Watershed Enhancement
- Climate Action: Mitigation and Adaptation
Deadwood on a slope, private land, Simmerly Ranch Rd, ~2000'
Location
Expenditures
Expenditures by Funding Source to Date: $15,000.00
NCRP Techn... (CA Dept of Conservation): $15,000
Photos
Gully at ~2300' off Simmerly Ranch Rd, private land (Timing: Before)
Gully off Simmerly Road, private land, ~3000' elevation (Timing: Before)
Significant underbrush/ladderfuels, private land, Simmerly Ranch Rd (Timing: Before)
Dead beetle infested Firs in Oak woodlands, private land, 2500' (Timing: Before)
Deadwood, standing snag/s, ladder fuels, private land, Simmerly Ranch Rd ~2600' (Timing: Before)
A gully is born, partially eroding the roadway, private land, Simmerly Ranch Rd ~3000 (Timing: Before)
Snags in oak woodlands, private land, ~2100 (Timing: Before)
Ladderfuels, another example of, private land, Simmerly Ranch Rd ~3100' (Timing: Before)
Project last updated 3/21/2025