DOCSLIB.ORG

December 2020 SNC Board Meeting Complete Package

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

Board Meeting Agenda December 10, 2020 Online/Video Conference Meeting Board Tour and Reception Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the stay-at-home order in Executive Order N-33-20, the Sierra Nevada Conservancy will not be hosting a field tour and there will not be a reception for the December 2020 Board meeting. Board Meeting December 10, 2020 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. (End time is approximate) Pursuant to Executive Order N-29-20 issued by Governor Gavin Newsom on March 17, 2020, certain provisions of the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act are suspended due to a State of Emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Consistent with this Executive Order, the December 2020 Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) Governing Board Meeting will be conducted virtually through the Zoom Webinar Platform. Members of the public may join the meeting using either of the following steps: Join the webinar. Or Dial either of these numbers and enter the Conference Code to join the meeting by telephone: Dial: USA 636 651 3142 USA 877 402 9757 (US Toll Free) Conference Code: 157321 Meeting Materials are available on the SNC Board Meetings page (https://sierranevada.ca.gov/our-board/board-meetings/). Members of the public can make comments on agenda items during the meeting by using either method of joining the meeting – virtually or telephonically – and by following the moderator’s directions on how to indicate their interest in speaking. Public comment will be taken at the appropriate time during each agenda item and during the Public Comment agenda item at the end of the meeting for non-agenda items. Additional information on ways to provide public comments on agenda items is available on the SNC Board Meetings page. For additional information, please contact Ms. Armstrong at (530) 823-4700, toll free at (877) 257-1212, or via email to [email protected]. For assistance with joining the meeting by telephone or the Zoom meeting link, please contact SNC Technical Support ([email protected]). Any person who has a disability and requires reasonable accommodation to participate in this public meeting should contact Ms. Armstrong no later than five (5) working days prior to meeting. 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Approval of September 10, 2020, Meeting Minutes (ACTION) 4. Board Chair’s Report 5. Executive Officer’s Report (INFORMATIONAL) a. Executive Officer Update b. Administrative Update c. Policy and Outreach Update d. Field Operations and Grants 6. Election of Board Chair and Vice-Chair (ACTION) The Board will elect a Chair and Vice-Chair for the calendar year 2021. 7. 2021 Board Meeting Schedule (ACTION) The Board will review and approve a schedule for Board meetings for the calendar year 2021. 8. Moonlight Restoration California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Addendum (ACTION) Figure 1 // Figure 2 // Addendum 1 The Board will consider and may take action to approve as a Responsible Agency the addendum to the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration filed by the Feather River Resource Conservation District for the addition of prescribed herbivory as a treatment method on the Moonlight Restoration project. 9. SNC Grant #1063 the Von Der Ahe Forest Enhancement Project California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Determination to Increase Treatment Acreage (ACTION) Exhibit A // Notice of Determination The Board will consider and may take action to file a Notice of Determination as a Responsible Agency for a potential increase in acres treated using SNC funding. 10. 2020 Wildfire Impacts Update (INFORMATIONAL) Provide Boardmembers with an update on the 2020 wildfire season and its impacts on SNC projects. 11. Annual Report (INFORMATIONAL) Provide Boardmembers with an update on the development of the Sierra Nevada Conservancy’s 2020 Annual Report. 12. Boardmembers’ Comments Provide an opportunity for members of the Board to make comments on items not on the agenda. 13. Public Comments Provide an opportunity for members of the public who have not previously addressed the Board to comment on non-agenda items. The Board Chair reserves the right to limit the time allocated for each person providing public comment. 14. Adjournment Additional Board Materials • Key Meetings and Presentations • Letters of Support • News Articles Closed Session: Following, or at any time during, the meeting, the Board may recess or adjourn to closed session to consider pending or potential litigation, property negotiations, or personnel-related matters. Authority: Government Code Section 11126 Board Meeting Agenda September 10, 2020 Meeting Minutes Board Tour and Reception Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the stay-at-home order in Executive Order N-33-20, the Sierra Nevada Conservancy will not be hosting a field tour and there will not be a reception for the September 2020 Board meeting. Board Meeting SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 a.m. (End time is Approximate) 1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 9:05 a.m. 2. Roll Call Present: Terry O’Brien, Nathan Magsig, Susana Reyes (joined at 9:16 a.m.), Mary Rickert, Bob Johnston, Richard Anderson, Stacy Corless, Richard Gillihan, John Brissenden, Rosemarie Smallcombe, Jerry Bird, Barnie Gyant (joined at 9:10 a.m.), Christopher Heppe, and Jim Richardson Absent: Jennifer Montgomery and Paul Roen 3. Approval of June 4, 2020, Meeting Minutes (ACTION) ACTION: Boardmember Nathan Magsig moved and Boardmember Rosemarie Smallcombe seconded a motion to approve the June 4, 2020, meeting minutes. After a roll call vote the results were: Aye – 9, Nay – 0. The motion passed. 4. Board Chair’s Report Board Chair Terry O’Brien started the meeting by acknowledging all the first line responders fighting the fires throughout the state of California. 5. Executive Officer’s Report (INFORMATIONAL) a. Executive Officer Update Executive Officer Angela Avery told the Board that given the current unprecedented fire situation in the state, SNC’s Regional Scientist, Board Meeting Agenda Page 2 Nic Enstice, would be delivering a 2020 Fire Season update presentation as part of the Executive Officer report. Avery noted that the information being presented was current as of the Tuesday prior to the Board meeting. Avery continued by saying that this information is just one piece of the story and does not discuss the far-reaching implications of these fires. The goal of this information is to “start the conversation” and relay the urgency of the situation on the ground. Enstice provided a PowerPoint presentation and summary overview of the 2020 fire season to date. United States Forest Service (USFS) Board representative Barnie Gyant updated the Board on USFS closures. Gyant noted that the USFS made the tough decision to evacuate and to close several forests to protect the public and USFS staff from extremely high fire risk due to overcrowding and visitor negligence. Boardmembers engaged in conversation about the USFS update, the fire season update, policy and funding issues, and concerns regarding the effects of wildfire on the Region. Avery continued her update which included Executive Team meeting participation and highlights of important legislation. Avery also informed the Board that limited remaining funding and the scale of need across the Region has motivated the Executive Team to begin exploring ways the SNC might diversify funding and create opportunities to complete the critical work that needs to be done across the Sierra Nevada. b. Administrative Update Administration Division Chief Amy Lussier gave the Board a high-level Administrative update. Lussier shared that SNC Management has met with each member of SNC staff to ensure that they are able to be safe and productive while teleworking. Lussier also informed the Board that the SNC budget may be decreased by $376,000 for the Personal Leave Program. Lussier said that while the State’s tax receipts are coming in higher than expected, staff remains unsure whether SNC will have to take a five percent budget cut next fiscal year. Department of Finance Boardmember Richard Gillihan reiterated the higher than expected income for the state, but also noted that the state is still expecting billions of dollars in deficits. Board Meeting Agenda Page 3 c. Policy and Outreach Update Policy and Outreach Branch Manager Brittany Covich presented a brief update on current legislation and highlighted the latest activity in the Communications and Policy units. As part of the Policy update, Covich told the Board that SNC Regional Scientist Nic Enstice has been working with other scientists at the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA), Air Resources Board, and other state agencies to help inform and update California’s Natural and Working Lands Implementation Plan. Covich also announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with CNRA and USFS Region 5, committing to increase the pace and scale of on-the-ground projects. d. Field Operations and Grants Field Operations and Grants Branch Manager Andy Fristensky started his report by announcing the National Park Service External Partner Award, the West Henry Excellence in Wilderness Stewardship Award, was recently awarded to an SNC grantee in Shasta County, the Sierra Institute for Community and Environment. This award recognized an SNC-funded project that reduces fuel loads in wilderness areas. Fristensky announced that the Fall River Resource Conservation District had recently withdrawn their application for a land acquisition grant which SNC staff was planning to bring to the Board for approval at this meeting. Fristensky noted that this means that, in a future year, staff will ask the Board to reallocate the funding that would have gone to this project. Fristensky provided updates of recent activity of the Grants Management and Field Operations units, including compiling a list of on-the-ground projects put together in anticipation of stimulus package funding.
Recommended publications
  • 2017 Schaeffer Fire Sequoia National Forest, an Assessment of Fuels And

    2017 Schaeffer Fire Sequoia National Forest, an Assessment of Fuels And

    2017 Schaeffer Fire Sequoia National Forest An Assessment of Fuels and Fire Behavior July 24, 2017 Prepared by: Fire Behavior Assessment Team (FBAT) Alicia Reiner, Enterprise Program, [email protected], Jennifer Anderson, Pacific Southwest Region Carol Ewell, Stanislaus National Forest Amy Ziegler, Six Rivers National Forest Summit Wildland Fire Module, Stanislaus National Forest Sequoia Wildland Fire Module, Sequoia National Forest Acknowledgements: We thank the people who dedicate their energy and careers to land and fire management with the Forest Service and other agencies. The firefighters FBAT has had the opportunity to work with on this assignment and others, not only inspire us to continue navigating the difficulties inherent to keeping FBAT operational, but also give us hope that our land management agencies and fire organizations will continue to improve and provide high quality land and fire management into the future. We thank the CA Central Coast Incident Management Team for supporting FBAT logistically and allowing us to accomplish monitoring work on this fire. We thank the Division Supervisors and other resources we worked with for working with us to access portions of the fire safely. We thank the Sequoia National Forest and Kern River Ranger District, for welcoming FBAT to their unit. A final thanks is to all members and supporters of FBAT, current and past, who have made this program, and the learning which comes from it, possible. 1 Table of Contents Table of Contents ................................................................................................................
  • Vendors by Managing Organization

    Vendors by Managing Organization

    Look up by Vendor, then look at managing dispatch. This dispatch center holds the virtual ownership of that vendor. When the vendor obtains their NAP user account, the vendor would then call this dispatch center for Web statusing permissions. You can run this list in ROSS reports: use the search function, type "vendors" or "managing" then search. Should show up. You can filter and sort as necessary. Managing Org Name Org Name Northwest Coordination Center 1-A Construction & Fire LLP Sacramento Headquarters Command Center 10 Tanker Air Carrier LLC Northwest Coordination Center 1A H&K Inc. Oregon Dept. of Forestry Coordination Center 1st Choice Contracting, Inc Missoula Interagency Dispatch Center 3 - Mor Enterprises, Inc. Southwest Area Coordination Center 310 Dust Control, LLC Oregon Dept. of Forestry Coordination Center 3b's Forestry, Incorporated State of Alaska Logistics Center 40-Mile Air, LTD Northern California Coordination Center 49 Creek Ranch LLC Northern California Coordination Center 49er Pressure Wash & Water Service, Inc. Helena Interagency Dispatch Center 4x4 Logging Teton Interagency Dispatch Center 5-D Trucking, LLC Northern California Coordination Center 6 Rivers Construction Inc Southwest Area Coordination Center 7W Enterprises LLC Northern California Coordination Center A & A Portables, Inc Northern California Coordination Center A & B Saw & Lawnmowers Shop Northern Rockies Coordination Center A & C Construction Northern California Coordination Center A & F Enterprises Eastern Idaho Interagency Fire Center A & F Excavation Southwest Area Forestry Dispatch A & G Acres Plus Northern California Coordination Center A & G Pumping, Inc. Northern California Coordination Center A & H Rents Inc Central Nevada Interagency Dispatch Center A & N Enterprises Northern California Coordination Center A & P Helicopters, Inc.
  • Fire Management.Indd

    Fire Management.Indd

    Fire today ManagementVolume 65 • No. 2 • Spring 2005 LLARGEARGE FFIRESIRES OFOF 2002—P2002—PARTART 22 United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Erratum In Fire Management Today volume 64(4), the article "A New Tool for Mopup and Other Fire Management Tasks" by Bill Gray shows incorrect telephone and fax numbers on page 47. The correct numbers are 210-614-4080 (tel.) and 210-614-0347 (fax). Fire Management Today is published by the Forest Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC. The Secretary of Agriculture has determined that the publication of this periodical is necessary in the transaction of the pub- lic business required by law of this Department. Fire Management Today is for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, at: Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: 202-512-1800 Fax: 202-512-2250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-0001 Fire Management Today is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/fmt/index.html Mike Johanns, Secretary Melissa Frey U.S. Department of Agriculture General Manager Dale Bosworth, Chief Robert H. “Hutch” Brown, Ph.D. Forest Service Managing Editor Tom Harbour, Director Madelyn Dillon Fire and Aviation Management Editor Delvin R. Bunton Issue Coordinator The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communica- tion of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720- 2600 (voice and TDD).
  • Forest Fire Policy: Change Conventional Thinking of Smoke Management to Prioritize Long-Term Air Quality and Public Health

    Forest Fire Policy: Change Conventional Thinking of Smoke Management to Prioritize Long-Term Air Quality and Public Health

    Author's personal copy Air Qual Atmos Health DOI 10.1007/s11869-016-0405-4 Forest fire policy: change conventional thinking of smoke management to prioritize long-term air quality and public health D. W. Schweizer1 & R. Cisneros1 Received: 31 January 2016 /Accepted: 13 April 2016 # Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2016 Abstract Wildland fire smoke is inevitable. Size and intensity Keywords Widland fire . Air quality . Policy . Public health . of wildland fires are increasing in the western USA. Smoke-free Smoke management skies and public exposure to wildland fire smoke have effective- ly been postponed through suppression. The historic policy of suppression has systematically both instilled a public expecta- Wildland fire has long been understood to perform many ben- tion of a smoke-free environment and deferred emissions eficial ecosystem functions (Kilgore 1981; Stevens et al. through increased forest fuel loads that will lead to an eventual 2014) including helping to maximize carbon sequestration in large spontaneous release. High intensity fire smoke is fire-prone areas (Hurteau et al. 2008). Recurring lower inten- impacting a larger area including high density urban areas. sity wildland fire additionally limits fire spread, reduces fire Policy change has largely attempted to provide the avenue for progression (Parks et al. 2015), and may provide an avenue to increased use of ecologically beneficial fire but allows for control high-severity emissions of smoke (Steel et al. 2015), continued reliance on suppression as a primary tool for a smoke localizing the subsequent health impacts, decreasing exposure averse population. While understanding the essential role of and population at risk.
  • WECC Wildfire Presentation July 2020

    WECC Wildfire Presentation July 2020

    Wildfire Events and Utility Responses in California Joseph Merrill, Emergency Response Staff July 24, 2020 Overview I. Presentation: Wildfire Events and Utility Responses in California • Major Wildfires in 2007 and 2017-2019 • Electricity System Causes and Utility Responses • Public Safety Power Shutoffs II. Reference Slides: California’s Transmission Planning Process • California Independent System Operator • California Public Utilities Commission • California Energy Commission 2 Extreme Wind-Driven Fire “In October 2007, Santa Ana winds swept across Southern California and caused dozens of wildfires. The conflagration burned 780 square miles, killed 17 people, and destroyed thousands of homes and buildings. Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated at the height of the fires. Transportation was disrupted over a large area for several days, including many road closures. Portions of the electric power network, public communication systems, and community water sources were destroyed.” California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Decision 12-04-024 April 19, 2012 3 2007: Rice and Guejito/Witch Fires Destructive Fires occur in San Diego County Rice Fire (9,472 acres) • Caused by SDG&E lines not adequately distanced from vegetation • One of the most destructive CA fires of 2007, destroying 248 structures Guejito and Witch Fires (197,990 acres) • Caused by dead tree limb falling on SDG&E infrastructure and delay in de-energizing power line • Most destructive CA fire of 2007, killing 2 people and destroying 1141 homes 4 5 6 SDG&E Response
  • Now It's 'Healthy Air Living' Air District Launches New, More Aggressive Educational Effort

    Now It's 'Healthy Air Living' Air District Launches New, More Aggressive Educational Effort

    Fresno Bee editorial, Tuesday, June 24, 2008: Now it's 'Healthy Air Living' Air district launches new, more aggressive educational effort. Spare the Air days have had their day. Now it's time for Healthy Air Living. The Valley air district is about to embark on a new, more aggressive effort to get residents to make the sort of lifestyle changes we must have in order to have cleaner air to breathe. The new program will kick off with Healthy Air Living Week, July 7-13. It's not that Spare the Air was a failure. That program did a great deal to create awareness of the scope and difficulty involved in cleaning the Valley's polluted air. But it was, in the words of the air district's director, "episodic" in nature, tied to the very worst air days in the region. Healthy Air Living, by contrast, will seek to promote changes in everyday behavior. It's major goals: Reduce the number of vehicle miles traveled through the Valley each day. The district will issue a challenge to Valley residents, business and other organizations to "Commute green in the San Joaquin," by encouraging the use of mass transit, car and van pools and greater reliance on bicycles, electric scooters, walking and telecommuting. Reduce emissions from equipment and other operations. Reduce emissions when air quality is poor. An example might be shifting employee schedules so more work is performed in the early morning and evening, when the air quality is better, and reducing activity when pollution peaks. Encourage more use of alternative fuels and equipment, raise energy efficiency.
  • CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES ~ FEMA EM - 3287-CA Total Incidents from 6/22/08 - 8/06/08

    CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES ~ FEMA EM - 3287-CA Total Incidents from 6/22/08 - 8/06/08

    CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES ~ FEMA EM - 3287-CA Total Incidents from 6/22/08 - 8/06/08 BEAR WALLOW SHF JUNE LIGHTNING 12,067 Acres 31 Acres Started 6/21/2008 Started 6/21/2008 UKONOM COMPLEX PANTHER FIRE ALPS COMPLEX 43,390 Acres 11,022 Acres 3,026 Acres Started 6/23/2008 Started 7/24/2008 WHISKEYTOWN COMPLEX Started 6/21/2008 6,240 Acres BLUE 2 FIRE SISKIYOU Started 6/21/2008 6,950 Acres COMPLEX GOULD FIRE Started 6/20/2008 57,785 Acres 229 Acres SHU LIGHTNING COMPLEX PETERSON COMPLEX Started 6/21/2008 Started 6/21/2008 86,500 Acres 7,842 Acres Started 6/21/2008 Started 6/21/2008 MAD COMPLEX DEL 3,705 Acres NORTE CORRAL FIRE Started 6/20/2008 12,434 Acres SISKIYOU Started 6/23/2008 MODOC IRON COMPLEX TGU LIGHTNING COMPLEX 83,340 Acres 22,907 Acres Started 6/21/2008 Started 6/21/2008 HELL'S HALF COMPLEX 15,146 Acres LMU JUNE LIGHTNING Started 6/20/2008 SHASTA 50 Acres Started 6/21/2008 LIME COMPLEX HUMBOLDT 63,192 Acres LASSEN Started 6/20/2008 CUB COMPLEX MILL COMPLEX 19,718 Acres 2,100 Acres HUMBOLDT COMPLEX Started 6/21/2008 Started 6/22/2008 1,325 Acres TRINITY Started 6/21/2008 CANYON COMPLEX RICH FIRE TEHAMA 6,570 Acres PLUMAS 37,357 Acres Started 7/29/2008 YOLLA BOLLY COMPLEX Started6/21/2008 6,625 Acres Started 6/21/2008 CRAIG FIRE GLENN SIERRA YUBA RIVER COMPLEX BUTTE 2,500 Acres MEU LIGHTNING COMPLEX 4,254 Acres Started 8/03/2008 54,817 Acres Started 6/21/2008 Started 6/21/2008 MENDOCINO COLUSA YUBA AMERICAN RIVER COMPLEX LAKE NEVADA SODA COMPLEX 20,541 Acres 8,632 Acres Started 6/21/2008 Started 6/21/2008 SUTTER PLACER CAPPS FIRE
  • Fire Management Lessons Learned – Evolving Fire Management Programs 1

    Fire Management Lessons Learned – Evolving Fire Management Programs 1

    Fire Management Lessons Learned Evolving Fire Management Programs on the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests of Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky and Sequoia National Forest and Giant Sequoia National Monument of California Prepared for U.S. Forest Service Washington Office and Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center By Carol Ewell and David Kerr, with contributions by Scott Williams – Adaptive Management Services Enterprise Team (AMSET) and Frankie Romero and Tim Sexton – U.S. Forest Service November 2013 Fire Management Lessons Learned – Evolving Fire Management Programs 1 Contents Executive Summary…………………………………….………... 3 1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5 2. George Washington and Jefferson National Forests……………………………………… 7 Theme 1: Organizational Culture……………………………………………………………… 7 Theme 2: Safety……………………………………………………………………………………..… 19 Theme 3: Economics……………………………………………………………………………..…. 21 Theme 4: Natural Resource Effects and Data Modeling…………………….…….. 22 3. Sequoia National Forest and Giant Sequoia National Monument…………..……… 29 Theme 1: Organizational Culture……………………………………………………………… 29 Theme 2: Safety………………………………………………………………………………..……… 40 Theme 3: Economics…………………………………………………………………………..……. 40 Theme 4: Natural Resource Effects and Data Modeling………………………..….. 43 4. National Goals Tie Ecosystem Restoration Together with Fire and Fuel Management…………………………………………………………..………. 47 5. Lessons Learned…………………………………………………………………………………..……….. 48 6. Acknowledgements…………………………………………………………………………..…….……. 51 7. References……………………………………………………………………………………………..…….
  • California Water Plan Update 2009. Volume 1, Chapter 2. Imperative To

    California Water Plan Update 2009. Volume 1, Chapter 2. Imperative To

    Forest Management A Resource Management Strategy of the California Water Plan California Department of Water Resources July 29, 2016 Forest Management Table of Contents Forest Management ...................................................................................................................................................1 Forest Ownership and Management in California ..................................................................................... 1 Effects of Forest Management on Water Supply ....................................................................................... 4 Vegetation Management for Water Supply ........................................................................................... 5 Fuels/Fire Management ......................................................................................................................... 6 Wildfire Impacts on Watershed Resources ....................................................................................... 6 Fuel Treatments to Reduce Wildfire Impacts on Watershed Resources ........................................... 8 Management Strategies to Reduce Adverse Impacts Associated with Wildfire ............................... 9 Recommendations ........................................................................................................................... 10 Road Management ............................................................................................................................... 10 Riparian Forests ..................................................................................................................................
  • Environmental Impact Statement: Piute Fire Restoration Project

    Environmental Impact Statement: Piute Fire Restoration Project

    United States Department of Final Environmental Impact Agriculture Statement Forest Service Pacific Piute Fire Restoration Project Southwest Region Kern River Ranger District, Sequoia National Forest Sequoia Kern County, California National Forest R5-MB-215 April 2010 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720- 6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Piute Fire Restoration Project Final Environmental Impact Statement Kern County, California Lead Agency: USDA Forest Service Responsible Official: Tina Terrell Forest Supervisor, Sequoia National Forest For Information Contact: Steve Anderson [email protected] Abstract: This final environmental impact statement (FEIS) discusses the potential significant environmental impacts associated with the Piute Fire Restoration Project on the Kern River Ranger District of the Sequoia National Forest. In addition to the proposed action, this FEIS includes one action alternative that would avoid or minimize potentially adverse impacts.
  • How Prior Fuel Break Implementation and Interagency Cooperation Saved Homes and Protected Lives from California’S Bull Fire

    How Prior Fuel Break Implementation and Interagency Cooperation Saved Homes and Protected Lives from California’S Bull Fire

    When the Bull Fire made its run toward the Burma Road community area (yellow arrows show fire spread), the 35-acre Burma Unit of the Burma Road Extension Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project helped firefighters prevent the fire from spreading into the northwest corner of the Kernville Success Story: community. How Prior Fuel Break Implementation and Interagency Cooperation Saved Homes and Protected Lives from California’s Bull Fire October 2010 Success Story: How Prior Fuel Break Implementation and Interagency Cooperation Saved Homes and Protected Lives from California’s Bull Fire 1 The Burma Road ‘shaded’ fuel break was designed for a wildfire outbreak such as the Bull Fire that broke out on Monday July 26, 2010. “ The concept was to provide defensible space for firefighters to work safely in. We knew it was just a matter of time before down-drainage winds pushed a fire from the Bull Run Creek area toward this neighborhood. The network of fuel breaks built in the Kernville area by the Kern County Fire Department, sponsored by the Kern River Valley Fire Safe Council, are a good investment in community protection. Many home owners have been doing a good job of improving defensible space in their yards along Burma Road for several years now. That really helps. Scott Williams, ” Fire Management Specialist, U.S. Forest Service, Adaptive Management Services Enterprise Team – AMSET Contents I. The Treatment on the Land – Before the Fire A. Longtime Interagency Collaborative Effort—Involving Local Organizations and Federal Land Agencies—Achieves and Assures Hazardous Fuel Reduction……………………………………….…………………………………… 7 B. Kernville Interagency Fuel Treatment Projects Map……………………………………… 8 C.
  • Dixie Fire Incident Update

    Dixie Fire Incident Update

    DIXIE FIRE INCIDENT UPDATE Date: 08/07/2021 Time: 7:00 a.m. @CALFIRE_ButteCo @CALFIREButteCo West Zone Information Line: (530) 538-7826 @USFSPlumas @USFSPlumas @LassenNF @LassenNF East Zone Information Line: (530) 289-6735 @LassenNPS @LassenNPS Media Line: (530) 588-0845 Incident Website: www.fire.ca.gov INCIDENT FACTS Incident Start Date: 7/13/2021 Incident Start Time: 5:15 p.m. Incident Type: Vegetation Cause: Under Investigation Incident Location: Feather River Canyon near Cresta Powerhouse CAL FIRE Unit: Butte Unified Command Agencies: CAL FIRE, United States Forest Service Size: 446,723 acres Containment: 21% Expected Full Containment: 8/20/2021 Civilian Injuries/Fatalities: 0 Firefighter Injuries/Fatalities: 0 Structures Destroyed: 184 Structures Damaged: 11 Structures Threatened: 13,871 Other Minor Structures: 84 Other Minor Structures: 9 CURRENT SITUATION Incident Update Dixie Fire West Zone –Fire activity overnight was minimal due to smoke inversion and better overnight relative humidity recovery; however, fuel moisture remains historically low and has caused difficulty in suppressing the fire spread. Fire crews continue to provide structure defense throughout communities, constructing and reinforcing control lines, establishing new lines and improving old control lines. Damage assessment is ongoing. Dixie Fire East Zone –The weather inversion continued overnight bringing cooler temperatures, better relative humidity recovery and calmer winds that significantly reduced fire behavior. Firefighters took advantage of the opportunity to safely engage directly along the fire perimeter. The fire slowed its advance northeast, as it is now burning in more sparse fuels within the 2007 Moonlight Fire scar. Crews finished priority strategic firing operations overnight to keep the fire west of Crescent Mills.