Release Date: July 15, 2019
Contact: Kevin Sweeney, Kevin_Sweeney@nps.gov, (530) 595-6130
Lassen Volcanic Partners with Sierra Institute for Forest Restoration Project on Flatiron Ridge
MINERAL, CA – A wilderness crew from the Sierra Institute will assist with manual fuels reduction activities on Flatiron Ridge in Lassen Volcanic National Park through September.
“We appreciate this opportunity to work with our partners Sierra Institute and Sierra Nevada Conservancy,” said Superintendent Jim Richardson. “This project highlights our joint commitment to improve watershed conditions while minimizing impact to Wilderness.”
Project work will continue through September and includes removing and rearranging fuel and constructing firelines to facilitate future prescribed burning. The crew will use only non-mechanized equipment such as crosscut saws and axes, and follow a prescription to improve forest health.
An eight-person wilderness fuels reduction crew from Sierra Institute, based out of nearby Taylorsville, will complete the majority of the labor-intensive work. An additional young-adult crew will join in mid-July for a five-week apprenticeship.
Flatiron is the largest unit of the new multi-year North Fork Feather River Headwaters (NFRH) Forest Restoration Project. The 1,600-acre unit falls largely within designated Wilderness. Manual fuel reduction activities in this area will reduce dense build-ups of fuel to ultimately restore and protect the North Fork Feather River Watershed and improve protection of the historic Drakesbad Guest Ranch.
Funding for this project has been provided by the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, an agency of the State of California, under the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014 (Proposition 1) grant cycle and in support of the Sierra Nevada Watershed Improvement Program.
Proposition 1 provided $7.5 billion dollars to fund ecosystems and watershed protection and restoration, water supply infrastructure projects, including surface and groundwater storage, and drinking water protection.
Learn more about the North Fork Feather River Headwaters project at go.nps.gov/nfrh.
For more information about Lassen Volcanic National Park, please visit www.nps.gov/lavo; contact the park at (530) 595-4480 or lavo_information@nps.gov; find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube at @LassenNPS.
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