PROJECT OVERVIEW
The NW Calaveras Fuel Reduction Project (NORTH), funded by CAL FIRE grant 5GA22228, consists of all privately owned land within the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) community of Rancho Calaveras and surrounding area. The larger project in its entirety consists of two areas divided into “NORTH” and “SOUTH”; it was strategically identified in collaboration with the local CAL FIRE unit for targeted fuels reduction treatments. When viewing the entire project area, it is oriented north and west of the Valley Springs subdivision Rancho Calaveras, south of California Highway 12 and is situated diagonally SW to NE toward the intersection of State Highways 12 and 26. This RFP is for the NORTH section of the project only.
NW Calaveras (NORTH) consists of approximately 173.49 acres targeted for treatment and right-of-entry forms have been secured.

 

PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
The project aims to protect hundreds of homes, wildlife, property, infrastructure, livestock, and habitats from catastrophic wildfire in the Valley Springs and Rancho Calaveras communities.
Primary objectives of the project are to treat areas of heavy vegetative fuels and dense woodlands with tight or overlapping canopy closure. Treatments will meet these objectives by mechanically reducing dense vegetative fuel loads, variably increasing tree canopy spacing, and removing dead, dying, and diseased trees which present a hazard to infrastructure. Hand treatment will meet the objectives by hand thinning vegetation to specifications followed by either chipping or lopping/scattering.

 

Click link below for the RFP.

RFP_NW Calaveras (NORTH) Dec 3 2025_complete.pdf