The project would reduce fuels on 174 acres and extend the existing fuelbreak network, providing protection for the northern and eastern sides of these developments as well as surrounding homes interspersed along the Utica Grade and in Hathaway Pines, Avery, and Arnold.

The northwestern portion of Calaveras County, in a large part, has become a bedroom
community for eastern San Joaquin and Stanislaus County. Large residential communities have sprung up in these foothill habitats, beginning in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. The hilly topography gives desired relief to the layout of residential subdivisions that have been broken up into .25 to 1.5-acre house…

This project will consist of two hazardous fuels reduction projects: the Highway 108 North fuel break in Tuolumne County, and the Fricot City Road fuel break in Calaveras County.

The Amador Resource Conservation District (ARCD) is offering technical assistance to landowners in Amador, Calaveras, and Tuolumne Counties for Forest Health and Fuels Reduction.