Proposals are due May 4, 2026  -  5pm

The Hunter 2026 Connectivity Project will treat the remaining parcels within the Hunter Reservoir Fuel Reduction Project, a fuelbreak constructed in 2025 in Avery, CA, integral to the
Highway 4 Strategic Wildfire Defense System, made up of a series of fuelbreaks and forest health projects spanning east to west from Camp Connel to Murphys along the Highway 4
corridor in Calaveras County. The Hunter Reservoir Fuels Reduction Project was designed and constructed to prevent catastrophic wildfire within and around the Stanislaus River Watershed by removing dense surface and ladder fuels, decreasing crown density, and retaining large fireresistant trees to reduce the risk of fire ignition, slow fire spread, and increase the chance of success on initial fire suppression attack by keeping potential fires small and on the ground. The larger scale project protects wildlife habitat, thousands of homes and businesses, and critical
water and power infrastructure including fire flow to over 1,100 fire hydrants.

CEQA was completed on the entire project area before implementation of fuels treatment
however, the fuels on two parcels within the larger Hunter Reservoir Fuel Reduction Project
footprint remain untreated. Between the two parcels, approximately 23 acres of untreated
private land require treatment. The CCRCD has secured additional funding to reduce or remove
fuels on these parcels, improving the overall effectiveness of landscape-level wildfire
prevention efforts. Treatment will be done using mechanical mastication and if needed, a small
amount of handwork.

Treating these parcels will improve the landscape consistency in fuel loading across the entire
project and help to improve connectivity along the Highway 4 Wildfire Defense System.

 

HunterPGE2026_RFP_Contractor.pdfHunter2026_ProjectProposal.pdfHunter_CCRCD fire plan_final.docx.pdf