Upper Pit River Fire Prevention
California
Stewardship West is partnering with the Modoc National Forest, private landowners, and various federal, state, local, and tribal partners to enhance forest health in the Modoc National Forest. Collaborators include the NRCS, Pit River Tribe, Modoc Nation, Fort Bidwell Tribe, Modoc County Board of Supervisors, Modoc County Farm Bureau, Sierra Nevada Conservancy, and CAL FIRE’s CCI program. Together, they are developing the Modoc 10-Year Vegetation Plan.
The initiative focuses on proactively treating green, dense, and overgrown forest areas to improve health and resilience against catastrophic wildfires. The approach prioritizes landscape-level resilience rather than post-wildfire restoration. The project targets forest-wide powerline fuel breaks, with a specific focus on the Hollenbeck Hazardous Fuels Treatment Project.
This effort aims to enhance forest health for critical species like the white bark pine, bolster resilience to wildfire and climate change, improve public safety, increase water quality and quantity, and reduce wildfire carbon emissions. Improved forest health will also benefit threatened wildlife species.
Funding for this project provided by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s (CAL FIRE) Wildfire Prevention Grants Program.
