This project will improve evacuation routes in the Salmon Creek watershed through vegetation removal along community identified routes. Additional goals are to install evacuation route signage and address infrastructure concerns on potential evacuation routes. Funding for this project is provided by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s Fire Prevention and Forest Health Programs. HCRCD has hired local contractors, Lost Coast Tree and Habitat and the Briceland Volunteer Fire Department to conduction implementation for this project. Implementation for this project began on October 21, 2024, and is still in progress.
The map below shows potential treatment areas for ingress and egress routes. Work on particular areas is not guaranteed.
For more information about this project contact: Charlotte Favre, HCRCD Project Coordinator at charlotte@hcrcd.org or 707-498-9209
The Mattole and Salmon Creek Forest Health and Wildfire Resilience Project is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide program that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade Program dollars to work reducing GHG emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment–particularly in disadvantaged communities. The Cap-and-Trade Program also creates a financial incentive for industries to invest in clean technologies and develop innovative ways to reduce pollution. California Climate Investments projects include affordable housing, renewable energy, public transportation, zero-emission vehicles, environmental restoration, more sustainable agriculture, recycling, and much more. At least 35 percent of these investments are located within and benefiting residents of disadvantaged communities, low-income communities, and low-income households across California. For more information, visit the California Climate Investments website at: www.caclimateinvestments.ca.gov.