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FIRE MANAGEMENT PLAN 2008
Lassen-Modoc Unit
Cal Pines Subdivision Fuel Breaks
The California Department of Corrections from Devil’s Garden Conservation
camp worked on the Cal Pines fuel break. The three phases of the fuel break
extend ten miles with the cost projected to be $201,234. It was designed to
protect Cal Pines from wildfires originating outside the subdivision and to
protect National Forest lands from fires originating in the subdivision.
Phase I is a shaded fuel break 350 feet wide and four miles long at the
upper, or southern end, of the subdivision. The crews burned slash and
thinned trees and brush. Cost of the Phase I is $30,614, which was funded
by Modoc National Forest.
Phase II of the Cal Pines fuel break consisted of three miles of thinning. Cost
of the phase was $45,000 and was funded by Modoc County RAC with Title II
funds.
A portion of the funds for Phase I & 2 was used for the evacuation project.
Phase III of the Cal Pines project has been awarded $125,620 from the
California Fire Safe Council. The work on Phase III began in 2006.
Cal Pines Development also has heavy fuels loading and unmarked or
incorrectly marked roads. The upper units receive afternoon down slope
winds and many lightning strikes. A large number of the lots were purchased
by absentee owners and contain HEAVY downed and dying vegetation.
Recommendation: Have the Cal Pines Property Owners Association
and Community Service Districts work to identify roads correctly and
post numbers at all residences and parcels. Continue fire break
projects in Cal Pines and maintain cleared areas of Phase I, II and
III work done through MFSC’s fire break projects Fall 2004-2007.
(Originally, Ranked #1 in the Critical Fire Issues and Recommendations from
CWPP Community Meetings; Completed in Fall 2007).
Defensible Space Demonstration Site
The Modoc Fire Safe Council received funds from the Modoc County Title III
and the Modoc National Forest to clear properties to show defensible space
fuel break practices. The project includes using the cleared trees and
vegetation in a product development component of posts, boards, and
landscaping wood chips. The demonstration project was completed in
January of 2006, on the Parnow property west of Alturas.
Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP)
The Modoc Fire Safe Council is the lead agency in compiling the county-wide
CWPP. It was finished in September, 2005, and was revised in Spring of
2008.
Modoc County Community Wildfire Protection Plan/Revised May 2008 90