2010 Proposed PROJECTS
(CWPP)
scheduled for the following areas:
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Baron
Canyon
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Cal Shasta Boat Club
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Cambria
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Christmas Cove
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Davis
Canyon
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Heritage Ranch
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Morro Toro
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Oak
Shores
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Parkhill
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Rancho Delargo
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Ranchita Estates
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·
Running Deer Ranch
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Santa Margarita Lake
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Santa Rita
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See
Canyon
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Suey Creek
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South
Shore Village
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South Templeton/Santa
Rita
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Squire
Canyon
·
Tri Counties Boat Club
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Upper
Lopez Canyon
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West Atascadero
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Battalion 11 Target Areas (listed in order of priority)
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1)
Santa Rita WUI
2)
Morro Toro WUI
3)
Cambria
WUI
4)
Hearst
Castle
5)
Communication Sites
6)
Los Padres FS Botanical Gardens
7)
Bishop Peak
Recreational Site
8)
San Luis Mountain
Recreational Site
9)
Laguna West WUI
10)
Morro Bay WUI
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11)
Los Osos WUI
12)
Montana
De Oro State Park Campground
13)
Whale Rock Reservoir
14)
Cayucos WUI
15)
Perfumo Canyon WUI
16)
San Simeon State Park
17)
Ragged Point WUI
18)
San Luis V.O.R.
19)
El Chorro Regional Park
20)
San Simeon Acres WUI
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EAST PARKHILL FUEL REDUCTION PROJECT
(CAMBRIA)
BATTALION 11
This is a Cambria CSD project where
CAL FIRE /
Cuesta Camp Crews will be used to perform the work. The
project includes removing vegetation from residents
property boundaries out to 100 feet on Cambria CSD
property.
ACTIVE
DAISEY HILLS FUEL REDUCTION PROJECT (LOS OSOS)
BATTALION 11
Funding provided by the San Luis
Obispo County
Fire
Safe Council. This is a joint
CAL FIRE,
Los Osos CSD and Los Osos Fire Safe Council Focus Group.
The project includes removing vegetation from residents
property boundaries out to 100 feet on Los Osos CSD
property. Fuel reduction will involve utilizing hand crews
to remove ground fuels and prune trees up to 6-8 feet.
Brush will be piled and chipped.
COMPLETED
Cambria
WUI
BATTALION 11
Cambria
has been identified as a community at risk and a top
target area within Battalion 11.
CAL FIRE
/County Fire Staff in cooperation with the Cambria
FireSafe Council Focus Group, Cambria CSD and other
effected stakeholders will be conducting a Community
Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). A component of this plan
will be an action plan to address issues identified during
the community risk assessment.
Cambria currently has a fuel treatment plan in
place. In 2006, the East/West Fuel Break was completed.
This fuel break was constructed using hand removal of
fuels and chipping. This plan will be reevaluated during
the CWPP.
ACTIVE
Cambria Lodge Hill Fuel reduction Projects
BATTALION 11
Funding provided by the San Luis Obispo County Fire Safe
Council, in
cooperation with the Cambria CSD and
CAL FIRE /County
Fire. Fuel reduction
consists of removing brush, limbing trees 6-8 feet above
the ground, and piling and removal of material. This
project was designed to provide an escape route for
residents and a potential control line.
COMPLETE – CAMBRIA CSD to
MAINTAIN.
Cambria
Rodeo Fuel reduction Projects
BATTALION 11
Funding provided by the San Luis
Obispo County
Fire
Safe Council. This project is in cooperation with the
Cambria CSD, and
CAL FIRE /County Fire.
Fuel reduction
consists of removing brush, limbing trees 6-8 feet above
the ground, and piling and removing of material. This
project was designed to provide an escape route for
residents and a potential control line.
ACTIVE
TORO CREEK SAFETY ZONE PROJECT
BATTALION 11
Funding provided by
CAL
FIRE / County Fire.
The project consists of developing approximately six 1.5
acres fuel treatment zones located along Toro Creek area.
The fuel reduction zones would provide residents,
recreationalist and emergency response personnel safety
with zones for safe refuge during a wildland fire. Fuel
reduction will involve utilizing
CAL FIRE /
Cuesta Camp Crews to remove ground fuels and prune trees
up to 6-8 feet. Brush will be piled and removed.
MAINTENCE
Diablo Canyon North Ranch VMP
Battalion 11
This is a cooperative funded project between
CAL FIRE /County Fire,
San Luis Obispo County Range Improvement Association and a
private land owner. The project involves utilizing
prescribed burning as the fuel treatment. This fuel
treatment project has range improvement benefits as well
as protecting wildland urban interface assets at risk.
PLANNING
Silva VMP
Battalion 11
This is a cooperative funded project between
CAL FIRE /County Fire,
San Luis Obispo County Range Improvement Association and a
private land owner. This project involved utilizing
prescribed burning to treat decadent brush for range
improvement and public safety. This project is located
adjacent to the community of Los Osos and is located
within the Morro Bay Estuary.
MAINTENCE.
Battalion 12 Target Areas (listed in
order of priority)
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1)
Suey Creek WUI
2)
Upper
Lopez Canyon WUI
3)
Blue Fox WUI
4)
East Arroyo Grande WUI
5)
Huasna WUI
6)
Reservoir Canyon WUI
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7)
Nipomo Mesa/Dale WUI
8)
Lopez Lake
Recreational Area
9)
Edna Valley
Foothills WUI
10)
Ranchita
Estates WUI
11)
Nipomo Hills
WUI
12)
Varian Ranch WUI
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NIPOMO
CHIPPING EVENT
BATTALION 12
Funding
provided by the
San Luis Obispo
County Fire Safe Council
and the
San Luis Obispo Air Pollution Control District.
This is a cooperative event with the Nipomo CSD, San Luis
Obispo Air Pollution Control District, and
CAL FIRE / County Fire.
Residents
provide the labor by trimming and piling brush and then
their green waste is used for landscaping rather than
burning, preserving our air quality.
This
chipping event is held throughout the
Nipomo area with the chipping labor provided by the
California Conservation Corp.
ACTIVE
Suey Creek Chipping Event
BATTALION 12
Funding provided by the
San Luis Obispo
County Fire Safe Council
and the
San Luis Obispo Air Pollution Control District.
This is a
cooperative
event with the assistance of
CAL FIRE / County Fire,
and the California Conservation Corp.
Residents
provide the labor by trimming and piling brush and then
their green waste is used for landscaping rather than
burning, preserving our air quality.
This
chipping event is held throughout the
Suey Creek area with the chipping labor provided by the
California Conservation Corp.
ACTIVE
Edna VallEy
Chipping Event
BATTALION 12
Funding provided by the
San Luis Obispo
County Fire Safe Council
and the
San Luis Obispo Air Pollution Control District.
This is a
cooperative
event with the assistance of
CAL FIRE / County Fire,
and the California Conservation Corp.
Residents
provide the labor by trimming and piling brush and then
their green waste is used for landscaping rather than
burning, preserving our air quality.
This
chipping event is held throughout the
Edna
Valley area with the
chipping labor provided by the California Conservation
Corp.
ACTIVE
UPPER LOPEZ SAFETY ZONE PROJECT
BATTALION 12
Funding provided by
CAL
FIRE / County Fire.
The project consists of developing approximately fifteen
1.5 acre fuel treatment zones located along
Upper Lopez Canyon Rd. The fuel
reduction zones would provide residents, recreation lists
and emergency response personnel safety with zones for
safe refuge during a wildland fire. Fuel reduction will
involve utilizing hand crews to remove ground fuels and
prune trees up to 6-8 feet. Brush will be piled and
removed.
PLANNING
RANCHITA
ESTATES WUI FUEL REDUCTION PROJECT
BATTALION 12
Funding provided by the United States Forest Service with
assistance of
CAL FIRE
/ County Fire.
This fuel reduction zone project is for the Ranchita
Estates. Fuel reduction consists of removing brush,
limbing trees 6-8 feet above the ground, and piling and
burning or chipping of material. This project was designed
to provide an escape route for residents and a potential
control line.
COMPLETED
Maddux/Mankins/Hermerck VMP
Battalion 12
This is a cooperative funded project between
CAL FIRE /County Fire,
San Luis Obispo County Range Improvement Association and a
private land owner. This project involves utilizing
prescribed burning to treat decadent brush for range
improvement and public safety. This project is adjacent to
the Ranchita Estates WUI area that has been identified as
a target area under our risk assessment. This project will
provide a fuel break between the communities and the
wildlands. This project is in maintenance phase.
PLANNING
Porter VMP
Battalion 12
This is a cooperative funded project between
CAL FIRE /County Fire,
San Luis Obispo County Range Improvement Association and a
private land owner. The project involves utilizing
prescribed burning to treat approximately 1200 acres of
brush. This fuel treatment project has range improvement
benefits as well as protecting wildland urban interface
assets at risk.
COMPLETED 3000
ACERS 2008
PLANNING 2000 ACERS 2009
Ranchita Estates Fuel Treatment Plan
BATTALION 12
Ranchita Estates has been identified as a community at
risk.
CAL FIRE
/County Fire Staff in cooperation with the Ranchita
Estates Fire Safe Council Focus group, and other effected
stakeholders will be conducting a Community Wildfire
Protection Plan (CWPP). A component of this plan will be
an action plan to address issues identified during the
community risk assessment. Part of the action plan will
address fuel treatments.
CAL FIRE /County Fire
in cooperation with Ranchita Estates initiated the hand
removal and piling and removal of brush adjacent to an
evacuation route.. During the CWPP process, the current
fuel treatment projects will be re-evaluated and
recommendations for additional fuel treatment projects
will be identified and initiated in late 2009-early 2010.
ACTIVE
Battalion 13 Target Areas (listed in
order of priority)
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1)
West
Atascadero WUI
2)
South Templeton/Santa
Rita WUI
3)
Asuncion
WUI
4)
PG&E High Power Line NW of
Atascadero
5)
South Shore Village
6)
Rancho Delargo WUI
7)
Cal Shasta Boat Club WUI
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8)
Tri Counties Boat Club WUI
9)
Running Deer Ranch WUI
10)
Oak Shores WUI
11)
Christmas Cove WUI
12)
Heritage Ranch WUI
13)
Rural West Paso Robles WUI
14)
Oak
Shores
Campground
Bryson\Hesperia WUI
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Meridian / Whitley Gardens Chipping
Event
BATTALION 13
Funding provided by the
San Luis Obispo County
Fire
Safe Council.
This is a
cooperative
event with the assistance of
CAL FIRE / County Fire,
and the California Conservation Corp.
Residents
provide the labor by trimming and piling brush and then
their green waste is used for landscaping rather than
burning, preserving our air quality.
This
chipping event is held throughout the
Meridian / Whitley Gardens area with the chipping labor
provided by the California Conservation Corp.
ACTIVE
Shandon Chipping event
BATTALION 13
Funding provided by the
San Luis Obispo County
Fire
Safe Council.
This is a
cooperative
event with the assistance of
CAL FIRE / County Fire,
and the California Conservation Corp.
Residents
provide the labor by trimming and piling brush and then
their green waste is used for landscaping rather than
burning, preserving our air quality.
This
chipping event is held throughout the
Shandon Community area with the chipping labor provided by
the California Conservation Corp.
ACTIVE
Heritage Ranch Chipping event
BATTALION 13
Funding provided by the
San Luis Obispo County
Fire
Safe Council.
This is a
cooperative
event with the assistance of
CAL FIRE / County Fire,
and the California Conservation Corp.
Residents
provide the labor by trimming and piling brush and then
their green waste is used for landscaping rather than
burning, preserving our air quality.
This
chipping event is held throughout the
Heritage Ranch area with the chipping labor provided by
the California
Conservation Corp.
PLANNING
Templeton Fuel reduction Projects
BATTALION 13
Funding provided by the San Luis Obispo
County
Fire Safe Council.
This project is in cooperation with the
Templeton Fire Protection District, and
CAL FIRE /
County
Fire. Fuel reduction
consists of removing brush, limbing trees 6-8 feet above the
ground, and piling and removal of material the
CAL FIRE Cuesta
Camp. This project was designed to provide an escape route for
residents and a potential control line.
COMPLETED
West Atascadero
Fuel Break
BATTALION 13
Funding provided by the San Luis Obispo County
Fire
Safe Council. West Atascadero
has been identified as a target area.
To reduce the risk to
residents within this wildland urban intermix area, a fuel
break will be constructed to provide a control line. This
project is a cooperative effort between
CAL FIRE /
County Fire, City of
Atascadero
and private landowners.
CAL FIRE /County
Fire personnel are working
with private landowners, conducting an initial environmental
review and evaluating resource needs.
PLANNING
Bonnheim VMP
Battalion 13
This is a cooperative project between
CAL FIRE /County Fire,
San Luis Obispo County Range Improvement Association and a
private land owner. This project involves utilizing prescribed
burning to treat decadent brush for range improvement and
public safety.
Battalion 14 Target Areas (listed in
order of priority)
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1)
Parkhill WUI
2)
Santa Margarita Lake Recreational
Area
3)
Salinas River
Drainage WUI
4)
Pozo WUI
5)
Mount Lowe WUI
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6)
Black Mountain WUI
7)
Wilson Corner WUI
8)
Garden Farms WUI
9)
Tassajara
WUI
10)
Upper Highway 229
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PARKHILL CHIPPING EVENT
BATTALION
14
Funding provided by the San Luis Obispo County Fire Safe
Council,
This is a cooperative event with
CAL FIRE /
County
Fire, the United States
Forest Service and the California Conservation Corp to
collaborate with the communities to provide annual
chipping event. Residents provide the
labor by trimming and piling brush and then their green waste
is used for landscaping rather than burning, preserving our
air quality.
This
year’s event will be held throughout the Tassajara Creek,
Parkhill, Las Pilitas, Huer Huero areas.
ACTIVE
Creston Chipping event
BATTALION 14
Funding provided by the San Luis Obispo
County
Fire Safe Council.
This is a cooperative event with
CAL FIRE /
County
Fire, the United States
Forest Service and the California Conservation Corp to
collaborate with the communities to provide annual
chipping event. Residents provide the
labor by trimming and piling brush and then their green waste
is used for landscaping rather than burning, preserving our
air quality.
This
year’s event will be held throughout the Creston Community
areas.
ACTIVE
TASSAJARA
CREEK RD
FUEL REDUCTION PROJECT
BATTALION 14
Funding provided by the
San Luis Obispo County
Fire
Safe Council.
This is a cooperative event with
CAL FIRE /
Cuesta Camp Crews.
This fuel reduction project will be on both sides of Tassajara Creek Rd out to approximately 25
feet. Fuel reduction consists of removing brush, limbing trees
6-8 feet above the ground, and piling and removal of material.
This project was designed to provide an escape route for
residents and a potential control line.
PLANNING
Calf
Canyon
and Behlman Truck Trails
BATTALION 14
Funding provided by the
San Luis Obispo County
Fire
Safe Council.
This is a cooperative event with
CAL FIRE /
Cuesta Camp Crews.
Both of these truck trails are located within the Parkhill WUI
as identified under or assets at risk assessment.
CAL FIRE /County Fire
has been maintaining these roads for firefighting assess and
control lines. Maintenance includes road grading and brush
removal. Access roads have been successfully used for control
lines on major fires in the past including the 2003 Highway 58
Fire.
Battalion 16 Target Areas (listed in
order of priority)
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1)
See Canyon WUI
2)
Davis
Canyon WUI
3)
Squire Canyon WUI
4)
Baron Canyon WUI
5)
Port San Luis Obispo/Lighthouse
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6)
Diablo Canyon Power Plant
7)
Pismo Beach WUI
8)
San Luis Obispo
Bay
Estates WUI
9)
Avila
Beach WUI
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Avila Valley
Hazard Tree Removal
BATTALION 16
Funding provided by the San Luis Obispo County
Fire
Safe Council. This project is located in the San Luis Bay
Estates which is within the Avila Beach Community Services
District. The San Luis Estates Focus group is a member of the
San Luis Obispo County Community FireSafe Council. The focus
group recently applied and has received tentative approval for
a hazard tree removal project. This project involves chipping
of dead tree material and trimming of trees to reduce the fire
hazard adjacent to structures. If grant funding materializes
in late October, work will take place in winter through spring
2010.
PLANNING
Squire/Barron
Canyon Fuel Reduction Projects
BATTALION 16
Funding provided by the San Luis Obispo County
Fire
Safe Council. The Squire/Barron Canyon areas have been
identified as target area.
CAL FIRE /
County Fire Staff in cooperation with the Squire/Barron Canyon
FireSafe Council Focus Group will be integrating past
preplanning and fuel treatment plans into a Community Wildfire
Protection Plan (CWPP). In 2004 CAL FIRE /County Fire Staff in
cooperation with the focus group prepared a pre-attack plan,
an evacuation plan and fuel treatment plan. These documents
will be integrated into the CWPP format. The Squire/Barron
Focus Group applied for grant funding in 2008 to fund a fuel
break, road access fuel removal and open space fuel reduction
project utilizing goats. Grant funding was unsuccessful. CAL
FIRE /County Fire Staff along with the San Luis Obispo County
Community FireSafe Council will continue research funding
opportunities to initiate these projects.
PLANNING
Equesterian Way
Fuel reduction Projects
BATTALION 16
Funding provided by the San Luis Obispo County
Fire
Safe Council. This project is in cooperation with the City of Arroyo Grande and
CAL FIRE Cuesta
Camp. Fuel reduction
consists of removing brush, limbing trees 6-8 feet above the
ground, and piling and removal of material. This project was
designed to provide an escape route for residents and a
potential control line.
COMPLETED
JAMES WAY
FUEL REDUCTION PROJECT
BATTALION 16
Funding provided by the
San Luis Obispo County
Fire
Safe Council. This project shaded fuel reduction is in
cooperation with the City of
Arroyo Grande
and
CAL FIRE Cuesta
Camp. Fuel reduction
consists of removing brush, limbing trees 6-8 feet above the
ground, and piling and removal of material. This project was
designed to provide an escape route for residents and a
potential control line.
ACTIVE
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