Extra Details
Stoo-Wen Ridge Healthy Forest Fuels Reduction Project
Objective
Conserve, Enhance and Restore Watersheds and Ecosystems that Support Biological Diversity
Projects Steward Organization Relationship To Project
Yurok Tribe
Project Sponsor
Yurok Tribe
Funders
CAL FIRE
NCRP Administrative Contact
Katherine Gledhill (kgledhill@northcoastresourcepartnership.org)
Project Stage
Planning/Design
Duration
2025 - 2028
Estimated Total Cost
$1,615,227.00
Secured Funding
$1,615,227.00
No Funding Source Identified Yet
$0.00
Targeted Funding
$0.00
HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS, HABITATS AND SPECIES
Conserve, Enhance and Restore Watersheds and Ecosystems that Support Biological Diversity
The Stoo-Wen Ridge Healthy Forest Fuels Reduction Projects is a 231-acre treatment area that will be implemented using a Cal Fire Forest Fire Prevention Exemption FFPE. The project area is within Yurok phase II lands and includes the Blue Creek Salmon Sanctuary. This treatment area will act as a natural fire line for the community of Klamath, CA and the Blue Creek Salmon Sanctuary while also promoting forest health and economic opportunity to the Yurok Reservation and rural Del Norte County, CA. Work will be designed planned and implemented by Yurok Tribe natural resources laborers and operators. It will focus on using traditional ecological knowledge.
Targeted Project Benefit Performance Measure
- Biomass Utilization: 136.00 tons
- Carbon storage: 136 metric tons
- Fuels Reduction (area): 231.00 acres
- Habitat Restoration - Acres restored: 231.00 acres
- Honoring & incorporating Tribal priorities - # of projects: 1 count
- Jobs created or retained (FTE): 15
Project Types
- Capacity: Local Workforce
- Capacity: Community Engagement
- Fire Resilient Forests: Forest Health
- Community Health and Safety: Fire Preparedness
- Community Health and Safety: Infrastructure Improvements
- Ecosystem Conservation and Restoration: Watershed Enhancement
- Climate Action: Mitigation and Adaptation
- Unspecified
Location
Budget
$1,615,227.00 Secured Funding: NCRP CAL FIRE Forest Health Pilot Project (CAL FIRE)
Photos
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Project last updated 1/15/2025