Fuel reduction projects and vegetation treatments have been identified as a means of mitigating wildfire hazards. These are projects that remove or modify fuels in and/or adjacent to WUI development and are expected to have a substantial impact on potential fire behavior. Effective fuels mitigation treatments can be implemented across jurisdictional boundaries, on adjoining private lands, or within the respective communities. Projects of this type include fuel breaks, thinning, landscape modifications, etc. The overall purpose is to modify or break up the fuels in such a way as to lessen catastrophic fire and its threat to public and firefighter safety and damage to property. Priority will be given to projects that are immediately adjacent to existing or planned US Forest Service or BLM hazardous fuels thinning projects. Project proposals should consider all

elements required to implement treatments on the ground, which includes acquiring the necessary permits and consultations needed to complete plans and assessments, as well as all field work within the project timeframe.

 

Examples of projects that qualify (not all inclusive):