Siskiyou County Hazardous Fuel Reduction Project

The McConnell Foundation has been awarded grants to mitigate wildfire impacts around Mt. Shasta and Dunsmuir in Siskiyou County. The goal of the Project is to reduce risk of wildfire within high-priority wildland urban interface (WUI) areas by reducing hazardous fuels.

Preliminary outreach for this project began in 2023. After an initial assessment of site constraints, Right-of-Entry agreements were sent out to landowners in the Project Areas. Landowners participated in community outreach events to learn more about Project goals, specific implementation procedures, and Project locations.

The first phase of the Project is expected to start in late 2024 or early 2025. At that point, a more robust site-assessment process will be carried out, including archaeological, biological and environmental surveys. Each landowner will meet with a professional experienced in hazard fuel reduction to develop a site-specific work plan for their property. No vegetation management work will occur if the landowner does not sign the site-specific work plan.

The second phase of the Project will be removal of hazardous fuels and is expected to begin sometime in 2026 and last 24 months.

The SVRCD is doing another round of outreach that started in November 2024.